<?php
session_start();

if ($_POST['submit'] == “go"){
    //check token
    if ($_POST['token'] == $_SESSION['token']){
        //strip_tags
        $name = strip_tags($_POST['name']);
        $name = substr($name,0,40);
        //clean out any potential hexadecimal characters
        $name = cleanHex($name);
        //continue processing….
    }else{
        //stop all processing! remote form posting attempt!
    }
}

$token = md5(uniqid(rand(), true));
$_SESSION['token']= $token;

function cleanHex($input){
    $clean = preg_replace("![\][xX]([A-Fa-f0-9]{1,3})!", "",$input);
    return $clean;
}

<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>" method="post">
<p><label for="name">Name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" size="20″ maxlength="40″/></p>
<input type="hidden" name="token" value="<?php echo $token;?>"/>
<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="go"/></p>
</form>
?>