Posted by Andy Hassall on 12/09/06 00:31

On 8 Dec 2006 16:16:53 -0800, "Bob" <bobr@whidbey.com> wrote:

>The TitleField in my DB reads:
>
>Some title <span class=BoldRed>*</span>
>
>This shows up correctly, with the asterisk in the correct format, when
>shown on the web.
>
>I also want to show this field without any of the formatting; i.e.
>
>Some title *
>
>I've tried:
>$notags = stripslashes($row['title']);
>
>and also
>
>$notags = htmlspecialchars($row['title']);
>
>but still get the tag info. How can I get rid of it?

If only there were some way to search the manual...

http://php.net/results.php?q=strip+html&l=en&p=wholesite

The offical function listed there isn't perfect by any means, but it would
seem to fit your requirement above, at least.

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