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stripHTML(string)

Last updated July 9, 2008

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Raymond Camden
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Version: 3 | Requires: ColdFusion 5 | Library: StrLib

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Description:
Returns the string with all HTML removed. Unlike HTMLEditFormat which escapes HTML, this function actually removes the HTML.

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<CFSET str="the <B>dog</B> jumped over the <A HREF=""foo.html"">fox</A>.">
<CFOUTPUT>
Given str=#str#<BR>
The StripHTML version is #StripHTML(str)#
</CFOUTPUT>

Parameters:

Name	Description	Required
string	String to be modified.	Yes

Full UDF Source:

	
	<cfscript>
/**
 * Removes HTML from the string.
 * v2 - Mod by Steve Bryant to find trailing, half done HTML.
 * 
 * @param string      String to be modified. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Raymond Camden (ray@camdenfamily.com) 
 * @version 3, July 9, 2008 
 */
function stripHTML(str) {
       str = reReplaceNoCase(str, "<.*?>","","all");
       //get partial html in front
       str = reReplaceNoCase(str, "^.*?>","");
       //get partial html at end
       str = reReplaceNoCase(str, "<.*$","");
       return str;
}
</cfscript>