Remove the unwanted commented code copied from word using php

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Need to remove the code in comments

[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument>  ..... --> [endif] -->

from my db field, when copying text from word and saving this unwanted code is coming.In Ie the source after this was not displaying as it causes display problems

More info please. Where does the Word data get pasted into? A rich text editor? Does that editor have the option to strip Word markup info? — CodeCaster, Feb 23 '12 at 08:44

Jaspreet Chahal · Answer 1 · 2012-02-23T09:29:28.390

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If thats the exact string you would like to clean then you can use something like this

 $clean_string = preg_replace("/(\[if.+?\[endif\]\s{0,}-->)/","",$dirty_string);

Example here

http://ideone.com/cf0MG

Updated ideone link http://ideone.com/08L6L

edited Feb 23 '12 at 09:29

answered Feb 23 '12 at 08:49

Jaspreet Chahal

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fails in the presence of multiple "comments" in the input string, since .* is greedy and will race to the end of the string, then back up only enough to match. (to the last [endif]). Also, * means 'zero or more' too, and is little more readable than {0,}. – Scott Weaver Feb 23 '12 at 09:15
ahh sorry should be +? editing now thanks for pointing it out, and yeah I agree with putting a * there :) – Jaspreet Chahal Feb 23 '12 at 09:23

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 23 '12 at 09:13

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try this:

$clean_string = preg_replace("/(\[if\s.*?\].*?\[endif\]\s*-->/)","",$dirty_string);

answered Feb 23 '12 at 09:13

Scott Weaver

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score -2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 23 '12 at 08:51

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Take a look at the paste plugin:

[paste_remove_styles] If true, removes all style information when pasting, regardless of browser type. Pasting from Word 2000 will cause tinyMCE to error. Default is false.

answered Feb 23 '12 at 08:51

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Remove the unwanted commented code copied from word using php

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