#20881 [Opn]: strip_tags() option to change brackets

ID: 20881 Updated by: pollita@php.net Reported By: mark@seventhcycle.net Status: Open Bug Type: Feature/Change Request PHP Version: 4.3.0RC2 New Comment: Your example is inconsistent with your explanation. Does the following look like the behavior you had in mind? strip_tags("<b>hi</b><i>there</i>", "<b>", "&lt;", "&gt;"); would have an output of: <b>hi</b>&lt;i&gt;there&lt;/i&gt; Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-12-07 13:37:08] mark@seventhcycle.net #15972, which is open right now, had some good thoughts on how to expand strip_tags... My suggestion: 1. Add a third/fourth parameter to it that (if specified) says what to change the brackets *to* instead of replacing them. e.g.: strip_tags("<b>hi</b><i>there</i>", "<b>", "&lt", "&gt"); would have an output of: <b>hi</b> &lt;there&gt; The point of this is so that rather than strip away tags that are invalid, a forum would be able to see code just fine.. Well, that, and we'd be able to have brackets on the site without typing in the html equivalent ;) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=20881&edit=1