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

ID: 20881 Comment by: mark@seventhcycle.net Reported By: mark@seventhcycle.net Status: Bogus Bug Type: Feature/Change Request PHP Version: 4.3.0RC2 New Comment: The only problem with strtr() is that I/we weren't wanting this to translate for every tag out there... For instance: strip_tags($str, "<A><B><I><U>"); I was looking for something that would translate the characters if it DID NOT match those above tags. If it does, they would be left alone. Possibly a good compromise would be a callback function to determine what happens to tags that don't match the tags listed. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-06 21:50:33] iliaa@php.net Use strtr() it will be much faster then modifying strip_tags with the suggested functionality. strtr($your_string, array(">" => "&gt;", "<" => "&lt;")); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-12-09 17:58:47] mark@seventhcycle.net Exactly :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-12-09 15:55:17] pollita@php.net 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; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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