strip_tags

[Tedd Sperling]

Hi gang:

I've been using

$str = strip_tags($str, $allowable)

as it is described via the manuals:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.strip-tags.php

The problem I've found is the tags "<br>" and "<br />" are not stripped.

How do you strip all tags, but leave some tags (such as <b>, <i>, and <u> -- I know these are depreciated, but my client wants them anyway).

Cheers,

tedd

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[Frank Arensmeier]

Post by Tedd Sperling
I've been using
$str = strip_tags($str, $allowable)
http://php.net/manual/en/function.strip-tags.php
The problem I've found is the tags "<br>" and "<br />" are not stripped.
How do you strip all tags, but leave some tags (such as <b>, <i>, and <u> -- I know these are depreciated, but my client wants them anyway).

From the manual:
allowable_tags
You can use the optional second parameter to specify tags which should not be stripped.

Note:
HTML comments and PHP tags are also stripped. This is hardcoded and can not be changed with allowable_tags.

Note:
This parameter should not contain whitespace. strip_tags() sees a tag as a case-insensitive string between < and the first whitespace or >. It means that strip_tags("<br/>", "<br>") returns an empty string.

It's all there… ;-)

Cheers,
/frank

Post by Tedd Sperling
Cheers,
tedd
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Post by Frank Arensmeier

Post by Tedd Sperling
I've been using
$str = strip_tags($str, $allowable)
http://php.net/manual/en/function.strip-tags.php
The problem I've found is the tags "<br>" and "<br />" are not stripped.
How do you strip all tags, but leave some tags (such as <b>, <i>, and <u> -- I know these are depreciated, but my client wants them anyway).

allowable_tags
You can use the optional second parameter to specify tags which should not be stripped.
HTML comments and PHP tags are also stripped. This is hardcoded and can not be changed with allowable_tags.
This parameter should not contain whitespace. strip_tags() sees a tag as a case-insensitive string between < and the first whitespace or >. It means that strip_tags("<br/>", "<br>") returns an empty string.
It's all there… ;-)
Cheers,
/frank

Yeah, but that wasn't the problem -- it was my mistake in coding.

In any event, I figured it out.

tedd


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[Matijn Woudt]

Post by Tedd Sperling

Post by Frank Arensmeier

Post by Tedd Sperling
I've been using
$str = strip_tags($str, $allowable)
http://php.net/manual/en/function.strip-tags.php
The problem I've found is the tags "<br>" and "<br />" are not stripped.
How do you strip all tags, but leave some tags (such as <b>, <i>, and

<u> -- I know these are depreciated, but my client wants them anyway).

Post by Tedd Sperling

Post by Frank Arensmeier
allowable_tags
You can use the optional second parameter to specify tags which should not be stripped.
HTML comments and PHP tags are also stripped. This is hardcoded and can

not be changed with allowable_tags.

Post by Tedd Sperling

Post by Frank Arensmeier
This parameter should not contain whitespace. strip_tags() sees a tag

as a case-insensitive string between < and the first whitespace or >. It
means that strip_tags("<br/>", "<br>") returns an empty string.

Post by Tedd Sperling

Post by Frank Arensmeier
It's all there
 ;-)
Cheers,
/frank

Yeah, but that wasn't the problem -- it was my mistake in coding.
In any event, I figured it out.
tedd

Could you perhaps post what the problem was so that when someone searches
for it they will have the answer right here?

- Matijn