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From: "Jo�o C�ndido de Souza Neto" on 31 Aug 2010 16:11

---

Try this:

$pattern = array(
"/<a [^>]/",
"/</a>/"
);

preg_replace($pattern, "", $text);

--
Jo�o C�ndido de Souza Neto

"Karl DeSaulniers" <karl(a)designdrumm.com> escreveu na mensagem
news:007BC8E1-B2C8-4DD5-9D18-EB07B0D55C0E(a)designdrumm.com...
> Hi,
> Say I have some text.
>
> $text = 'You can logon here: <a href="http://website.com/shop/
> index.php?username='.$username.'">http://website.com/shop/index.php?
> username='.$username.'</a>. This link will take you to your web
> browser to login.'.$eol;
>
> I want to be able to strip the "<a href="http://website.com/shop/
> index.php?username='.$username.'">" and </a>.
> Leaving just the http://website.com/shop/index.php?username='.
> $username.' text, so it would end up like.
>
>
> $text = 'You can logon here: http://website.com/shop/index.php?
> username='.$username.'. This link will take you to your web browser
> to login.'.$eol;
>
> I have tried MANY different ways and have no success.
> Can anyone help me?
> TIA
>
>
> Karl DeSaulniers
> Design Drumm
> http://designdrumm.com
>
>

From: Karl DeSaulniers on 31 Aug 2010 16:12

---

On Aug 31, 2010, at 3:06 PM, Ashley Sheridan wrote:

> On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 15:01 -0500, Karl DeSaulniers wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 31, 2010, at 2:32 PM, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
>>
>> > On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 14:31 -0500, Karl DeSaulniers wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >> Say I have some text.
>> >>
>> >> $text = 'You can logon here: <a href="http://website.com/shop/
>> >> index.php?username='.$username.'">http://website.com/shop/
>> index.php?
>> >> username='.$username.'</a>. This link will take you to your web
>> >> browser to login.'.$eol;
>> >>
>> >> I want to be able to strip the "<a href="http://website.com/shop/
>> >> index.php?username='.$username.'">" and </a>.
>> >> Leaving just the http://website.com/shop/index.php?username='.
>> >> $username.' text, so it would end up like.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> $text = 'You can logon here: http://website.com/shop/index.php?
>> >> username='.$username.'. This link will take you to your web
>> browser
>> >> to login.'.$eol;
>> >>
>> >> I have tried MANY different ways and have no success.
>> >> Can anyone help me?
>> >> TIA
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Karl DeSaulniers
>> >> Design Drumm
>> >> http://designdrumm.com
>> >>
>> >
>> > strip_tags() will do the job here.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Ash
>> > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>> >
>>
>>
>> Hi Ash,
>> I tried that, but it did not work.
>> I do not want it to strip all tags, just the <a href=""></a>. so if
>> there was a <p> or <br />. I don't want those removed.
>> There is more text than just what I posted.
>>
>> This is what I am trying currently.
>> This is someones code from a forum that I am trying to adopt.
>>
>> //CODE start
>> function strip_only($str, $tags) { // Thanks Steve
>> if(!is_array($tags)) {
>> $tags = (strpos($str, '>') !== false ? explode('>',
>> str_replace('<', '', $tags)) : array($tags));
>> if(end($tags) == '') array_pop($tags);
>> }
>> foreach($tags as $tag) $str = preg_replace('#</?'.$tag.'[^>]
>> *>#is', '', $str);
>> return $str;
>> }
>>
>> $str = '<p style="text-align:center">Paragraph</p><strong>Bold</
>> strong><br/><span style="color:red">Red</span><h1>Header</h1>';
>>
>> echo strip_only($str, array('p', 'h1'));
>> echo strip_only($str, '<p><h1>');
>>
>> //CODE end
>>
>> I was using it like so.
>>
>> $text = strip_only($text, array('a'));
>> or
>> $text = strip_only($text, '<a>');
>>
>> But got my results back like:
>> 'You can logon here: href="http://website.com/shop/
>> index.php?username='.$username.'">http://website.com/shop/index.php?
>> username='.$username.'. This link will take you to your web
>> browser to login.'.$eol;
>> uugh..
>>
>> Karl DeSaulniers
>> Design Drumm
>> http://designdrumm.com
>>
>
> Look at the second argument to strip_tags() which allows you to
> specify a list of allowable tags. It will do what you want, you
> just need to look at the manual.
>
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>
>


I did and it seemed like the long way around.
I dont need/want to set all the tags that are allowed.
I just need to set the one that isnt.
But thank you, I will take another look at strip_tags().
Best,

Karl DeSaulniers
Design Drumm
http://designdrumm.com

From: "Jo�o C�ndido de Souza Neto" on 31 Aug 2010 16:15

---

There�s an eror.

The correct is:

$pattern = array(
"/<a [^>]>/",
"/</a>/"
);

$text = preg_replace($pattern, "", $text);


--
Jo�o C�ndido de Souza Neto

""Jo�o C�ndido de Souza Neto"" <joao(a)consultorweb.cnt.br> escreveu na
mensagem news:D0.73.48953.EE16D7C4(a)pb1.pair.com...
> Try this:
>
> $pattern = array(
> "/<a [^>]/",
> "/</a>/"
> );
>
> preg_replace($pattern, "", $text);
>
> --
> Jo�o C�ndido de Souza Neto
>
> "Karl DeSaulniers" <karl(a)designdrumm.com> escreveu na mensagem
> news:007BC8E1-B2C8-4DD5-9D18-EB07B0D55C0E(a)designdrumm.com...
>> Hi,
>> Say I have some text.
>>
>> $text = 'You can logon here: <a href="http://website.com/shop/
>> index.php?username='.$username.'">http://website.com/shop/index.php?
>> username='.$username.'</a>. This link will take you to your web
>> browser to login.'.$eol;
>>
>> I want to be able to strip the "<a href="http://website.com/shop/
>> index.php?username='.$username.'">" and </a>.
>> Leaving just the http://website.com/shop/index.php?username='.
>> $username.' text, so it would end up like.
>>
>>
>> $text = 'You can logon here: http://website.com/shop/index.php?
>> username='.$username.'. This link will take you to your web browser
>> to login.'.$eol;
>>
>> I have tried MANY different ways and have no success.
>> Can anyone help me?
>> TIA
>>
>>
>> Karl DeSaulniers
>> Design Drumm
>> http://designdrumm.com
>>
>>
>
>

From: Ashley Sheridan on 31 Aug 2010 16:26

---

On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 17:15 -0300, Jo?o C?ndido de Souza Neto wrote:

> Theres an eror.
>
> The correct is:
>
> $pattern = array(
> "/<a [^>]>/",
> "/</a>/"
> );
>
> $text = preg_replace($pattern, "", $text);
>
>
> --
> Joo Cndido de Souza Neto
>
> ""Joo Cndido de Souza Neto"" <joao(a)consultorweb.cnt.br> escreveu na
> mensagem news:D0.73.48953.EE16D7C4(a)pb1.pair.com...
> > Try this:
> >
> > $pattern = array(
> > "/<a [^>]/",
> > "/</a>/"
> > );
> >
> > preg_replace($pattern, "", $text);
> >
> > --
> > Joo Cndido de Souza Neto
> >
> > "Karl DeSaulniers" <karl(a)designdrumm.com> escreveu na mensagem
> > news:007BC8E1-B2C8-4DD5-9D18-EB07B0D55C0E(a)designdrumm.com...
> >> Hi,
> >> Say I have some text.
> >>
> >> $text = 'You can logon here: <a href="http://website.com/shop/
> >> index.php?username='.$username.'">http://website.com/shop/index.php?
> >> username='.$username.'</a>. This link will take you to your web
> >> browser to login.'.$eol;
> >>
> >> I want to be able to strip the "<a href="http://website.com/shop/
> >> index.php?username='.$username.'">" and </a>.
> >> Leaving just the http://website.com/shop/index.php?username='.
> >> $username.' text, so it would end up like.
> >>
> >>
> >> $text = 'You can logon here: http://website.com/shop/index.php?
> >> username='.$username.'. This link will take you to your web browser
> >> to login.'.$eol;
> >>
> >> I have tried MANY different ways and have no success.
> >> Can anyone help me?
> >> TIA
> >>
> >>
> >> Karl DeSaulniers
> >> Design Drumm
> >> http://designdrumm.com
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>


Regular expressions are evil when used like this. Consider the following
valid HTML:

<a href="math_operators.php" title="The > Operator">The &gt;
Operator</a>

The HTML is perfectly valid, but the regex will break because it "see's"
the end of the tag prematurely from the > inside the title attribute
value.

However, if the HTML is going to be a very small subset in which you
will always know this sort of thing won't happen, then you could use the
regex.

Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk

From: Phpster on 31 Aug 2010 22:16

---

On Aug 31, 2010, at 16:26, Ashley Sheridan <ash(a)ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 17:15 -0300, Jo?o C?ndido de Souza Neto wrote:
>
>> Theres an eror.
>>
>> The correct is:
>>
>> $pattern = array(
>> "/<a [^>]>/",
>> "/</a>/"
>> );
>>
>> $text = preg_replace($pattern, "", $text);
>>
>>
>> --
>> Joo Cndido de Souza Neto
>>
>> ""Joo Cndido de Souza Neto"" <joao(a)consultorweb.cnt.br> escreveu na
>> mensagem news:D0.73.48953.EE16D7C4(a)pb1.pair.com...
>>> Try this:
>>>
>>> $pattern = array(
>>> "/<a [^>]/",
>>> "/</a>/"
>>> );
>>>
>>> preg_replace($pattern, "", $text);
>>>
>>> --
>>> Joo Cndido de Souza Neto
>>>
>>> "Karl DeSaulniers" <karl(a)designdrumm.com> escreveu na mensagem
>>> news:007BC8E1-B2C8-4DD5-9D18-EB07B0D55C0E(a)designdrumm.com...
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Say I have some text.
>>>>
>>>> $text = 'You can logon here: <a href="http://website.com/shop/
>>>> index.php?username='.$username.'">http://website.com/shop/index.php?
>>>> username='.$username.'</a>. This link will take you to your web
>>>> browser to login.'.$eol;
>>>>
>>>> I want to be able to strip the "<a href="http://website.com/shop/
>>>> index.php?username='.$username.'">" and </a>.
>>>> Leaving just the http://website.com/shop/index.php?username='.
>>>> $username.' text, so it would end up like.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> $text = 'You can logon here: http://website.com/shop/index.php?
>>>> username='.$username.'. This link will take you to your web browser
>>>> to login.'.$eol;
>>>>
>>>> I have tried MANY different ways and have no success.
>>>> Can anyone help me?
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Karl DeSaulniers
>>>> Design Drumm
>>>> http://designdrumm.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Regular expressions are evil when used like this. Consider the following
> valid HTML:
>
> <a href="math_operators.php" title="The > Operator">The &gt;
> Operator</a>
>
> The HTML is perfectly valid, but the regex will break because it "see's"
> the end of the tag prematurely from the > inside the title attribute
> value.
>
> However, if the HTML is going to be a very small subset in which you
> will always know this sort of thing won't happen, then you could use the
> regex.
>
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>
>

Karl,

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Bastien

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