How to Remove Html Tags in PHP ?

Question

I use htmlspecialchars function in my string. But, I don't want to clean them;

<b>, <br>, <p> <ul>,<li> bla bla...

Example: Mystring = "<script>.....</script><br><b>test</b><p>aaaa</p>";

I want to; =

.....

Answer 1

You want to remove all tags? Use strip_tags().

Answer 2

Have a look at HTML Purifier, and especially the whitelist feature.

This is probably the safest approach if you allow HTML tags. You can view the comparison here.

Answer 3

You can use HTML Sanitizer Class - http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/3746.html