note 71702 added to function.strip-tags

I found a simple workaround to the issue of strip_tags not exluding standalone elements like Breaks and Horizontal Rules in XHTML. Simply make sure all your standalone tags have a space between the element and its forward slash; and/or add a duplicate exclusion for that element with a forward slash in the strip_tags input: <?php $mystring = '<p>This is my string<br />And this is the second line.</p>'; $mystring = strip_tags($mystring,'<p><br><br/>'); echo $mystring; ?> There is a little more at http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1334/ . ---- Server IP: 216.194.113.175 Probable Submitter: 65.60.238.36 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strip-tags.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/71702 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71702/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71702/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71702/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71702/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71702/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71702/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71702 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/71702 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php