Re: How can I strip the code from HTML pages to extract the contents of a HTML page.

the striptag function is what I think you want, it just removes all HTML tags and returns whatever is left php.net/striptag Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Fowler" <charlie@rahinston.com> To: <php_howto@p2p.wrox.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 2:58 PM Subject: [PHP] How can I strip the code from HTML pages to extract the contents of a HTML page. > This may be an interesting challenge for someone or has it been done > before > > Can some one help me. > > I am looking for a laboursaving method of extracting the contents of a > web page (Text only) and dumping the rest of the html code. > > I need the contents to rework the pages and put the contents into flat > file database. Large but only two columns of data. Simple to work with > (no need for DB) - They are just alot of links on a links page. > > Scripts would be welcome. > > Ciao, Carlos > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php