strip tags php code example

Example 1: remove html tags php

// using strip_tags and str_replace for REMOVE all html TAGS in php
$text = '<p>Hello world.</p><!-- Comment --> <a href="https://learn-tech-tips.blogspot.com">Zidane</a>';
echo strip_tags($text);

//Hello world. Zidane

$short_description = strip_tags(str_replace("&nbsp;", " ", $short_description));
echo $short_description
  
  
// Allow <p> and <a>
echo strip_tags($text, '<p><a>');  

// <p>Hello world.</p><a href="https://learn-tech-tips.blogspot.com">Zidane</a>

Example 2: php strip tags

<?php
$text = '<p>Test paragraph.</p><!-- Comment --> <a href="#fragment">Other text</a>';
echo strip_tags($text);
//Test paragraph. Other text

// Allow <p> and <a>
echo strip_tags($text, '<p><a>');
//<p>Test paragraph.</p> <a href="#fragment">Other text</a>
// as of PHP 7.4.0 the line above can be written as:
// echo strip_tags($text, ['p', 'a']);
?>

Example 3: remove html from string php

echo strip_tags("Hello <b>world!</b>");

Example 4: php clean html tags

strip_tags($var);

Example 5: strip html tag php

$text = '<a href="https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=ed2438b9-d7f4-45be-b3d8-8c924068c18a&amp;ccId=2036080543_6069&amp;jobId=329838&amp;source=CC2&amp;lang=en_US">https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=ed2438b9-d7f4-45be-b3d8-8c924068c18a&amp;ccId=2036080543_6069&amp;jobId=329838&amp;source=CC2&amp;lang=en_US</a>';