[SOLVED] Stripping html text and newline characters from string

[jwhite68]

I have used the strip_tags function to remove html from a string with reasonable success. But it still leaves /r/n characters. I've hunted around on various forums for solutions, and every time someone suggests a solution, it actually doesnt work.

 

Here is the code:

$html_string='<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The village of Sechishte is 40 km from the town of Shumen and 90 km from Varna city.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>\r\n<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>\r\n<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">This 120 sq m house, consisting of 6 rooms has a huge piece of land of 5 000 sq m. It is a corner plot with an additional small house and a barn on it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>\r\n<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Bathroom/WC are on the ground floor of the house.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>';
$string=strip_tags($html_string);
echo $string;

$value = eregi_replace("\n\r","",$string);
echo $value;

 

The forst echo show the strip of html which leaves in the \r\n newlines.  The second is one solution a forum suggested for removing newlines which doesnt work.

Anyone got any suggestions?

 

[wildteen88]

Try:

<?php

$html_string = '<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The village of Sechishte is 40 km from the town of Shumen and 90 km from Varna city.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>\r\n<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>\r\n<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">This 120 sq m house, consisting of 6 rooms has a huge piece of land of 5 000 sq m. It is a corner plot with an additional small house and a barn on it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>\r\n<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Bathroom/WC are on the ground floor of the house.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>';
$string = strip_tags($html_string);

echo $string;

echo '<hr />';

$value = str_replace('\r\n', '', $string);

echo $value;

?>

 

 

 

[jwhite68]

That did the trick. Many thanks.