#45340 [Opn->Bgs]: strip_tags() makes problems with brackets right after angle brackets

ID: 45340 Updated by: jani@php.net Reported By: viperfan at gmx dot net -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Output Control Operating System: Debian PHP Version: 5.2.6 New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php From the manual page for strip_tags(): "Warning Because strip_tags() does not actually validate the HTML, partial, or broken tags can result in the removal of more text/data than expected." Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-06-23 20:44:10] viperfan at gmx dot net of course strip_tag("Hi (>username<), how are you") was meant ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-06-23 20:42:06] viperfan at gmx dot net Description: ------------ strip_tags() returns mutilated text when a "<" (open html tag) is directly followed by ( (open brackets) eg. strip_crap("Hi (>username<), how are you") everthing after "(>username" is chopped off ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45340&edit=1