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stripHTML(string)

Last updated July 9, 2008
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Raymond Camden Raymond Camden

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

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>

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