note 96194 added to function.strip-tags

I found the function given by Mehul to enhance the basic strip_tags very useful. However, it alters the content : we don't necessarily want all non tag-opening "<" to be replaced by "&lt;" Here is a version that will return the exact same content as the input, minus the tags : function enhanced_strip_tags( $content ) { $parts = explode( '<', $content ); $result = $parts[0]; for( $i = 1; $i < count($parts); $i++ ) { if( !strpos( $parts[$i], '>' ) ){ $result = $result . '¤&lt;¤' . $parts[$i]; } else { $result = $result . '<' . $parts[$i]; } } return str_replace( '¤&lt;¤', '<', strip_tags( $result ) ); } Note that I used dummy "¤" characters to avoid the unwanted replacement of "&lt;" that belonged to the content in the first place. The intent here is only to have something unique as a placeholder for non tag-opening "<". This may pose problems if utf-8 is not handled, so feel free to use whatever you want instead. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 82.239.72.190 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strip-tags.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/96194 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96194/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96194/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96194/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96194/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96194/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96194/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96194 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/96194 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php