diff --git a/app/Helpers/StringHelpers.php b/app/Helpers/StringHelpers.php
index 1554e9d..6b61e97 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/StringHelpers.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/StringHelpers.php
@@ -51,3 +51,18 @@ function generateReferralCode(string $username, int $unique): string
         return Str::upper($prefix).$year.$unique;
     }
 }
+
+if (! function_exists('sanitizeIntegers')) {
+    function sanitizeIntegers(array $data, array $integerKeys = []): array
+    {
+        foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
+            if (empty($integerKeys) || in_array($key, $integerKeys)) {
+                if ($value === '' || $value === null) {
+                    $data[$key] = 0;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $data;
+    }
+}