PHP Filtering strings

Question

Im trying to remove some '<p>' tags from a string returned by wordpress. I've had a look at the php documentation but I can't seem to find a function that will alow me to define a string and then strip that string from a variable. Im new to php and I realize this must be a pretty simple operation. Any suggestions?

*(related)* [Best Methods to parse HTML](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3577641/best-methods-to-parse-html/3577662#3577662) — Gordon, May 10 '11 at 15:01
Please clarify whether you just want to remove the P tags or also the contents of the P elements. In addition, clarify if the P elements can occur with any attributes. Also point out whether your real goal is to remove all or just some elements, e.g. does your content only contain p elements but you really want to remove any elements or do you want to selectively remove elements, e.g. remove p elements but keep others. — Gordon, May 10 '11 at 15:06
so there is other elements in the markup? You want to remove the P tags, keep the content and also keep any other elements and their content? — Gordon, May 10 '11 at 17:16

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 10 '11 at 14:58

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you could use str_replace http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php

answered May 10 '11 at 14:58

peaceman

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+1: Although `strip_tags()` is probably what Thomas needs, still `str_replace()` is what Thomas asked for. – Martin Hennings May 10 '11 at 15:01

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 10 '11 at 14:58

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strip_tags($mystring); // this will remove all tags

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Dave · Answer 3 · 2019-06-03T16:39:52.950

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Try this:

$myString = "<p>whatever you want in your string</p>";
$newString = str_replace(["<p>","</p>"], "", $myString);
echo $newString;

Explanation

Using str_replace, you can replace one or more strings with one or more other strings. In this case, we're replacing any <p> and </p> tags with an empty string.

edited Jun 03 '19 at 16:39

answered May 10 '11 at 14:58

Dave

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 10 '11 at 14:58

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strip_tags() might help you.

answered May 10 '11 at 14:58

Pekka

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 10 '11 at 14:59

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I think you're looking for either of str_replace() or (more likely, since you only want to replace some of them) preg_match().

answered May 10 '11 at 14:59

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