Strip image tags from a RSS feed

[PKENGLISH]

Hi,

 

I am creating an RSS feed reader in flash and in order to get around the sandbox regulations, I am using a php file to make the feed appear on the local server.  The question I have is before I pass the data to the Flash file is it possible to strip out all the images that might be placed within the feed?  I really dislike how flash's dynamic text fields handles them so I would rather get rid of them completely.

 

I have been looking around at preg_replace but am not sure if that is the solution I should be using or really how to work it.  I am still pretty new with PHP so any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

The code that my current PHP files uses is as follows.

 

<?php

$feedURL = "http://somefeedurl.com/index.xml";

$getFeed = curl_init($feedURL);
$result = curl_exec($getFeed);
curl_close($getFeed);
echo $result;
  
?>

 

Thanks in advance!

[darkfreaks]

would something like

 

<?php

strip_tags($comment,'allowed tags here'); ?>

work?

 

every tag between the quotes would be allowed and everything else would be stripped

[michaellunsford]

or

 

<?php

echo preg_replace("/<img[^>]+>/i","",$result);
?>

[PKENGLISH]

I think that what I am looking for is the second option using preg_replace.  When I place the code into the document however it doesn't seem to be working.  Could the curl potentially cause problems with it?

[darkfreaks]

whats it echoing?

[darkfreaks]

i still think you should use string replace

 

echo str_replace("/<img[^>]+>/i","",$result);

 

or

 

echo str_replace("<img src="">","",$result);

 

or even

 

echo strip_tags($result,'<p> <b> <allowed tags>')

 

 

 

 

 

 

[PKENGLISH]

It seems to echo the exact same feed as i find on the site i got it from.  This is my full code:

 

<?php

$feedURL = "http://www.geekologie.com/index.xml";

$getFeed = curl_init($feedURL);
$result = curl_exec($getFeed);
curl_close($getFeed);
echo str_replace("/<img[^>]+>/i","",$result);
  
?>

 

And this is what comes out as a result: http://www.jeffhirsch.net/RSS/antisandbox.php

 

It seems to completely ignore the str_replace.

[darkfreaks]

i get a 404 error? Lol

[darkfreaks]

try using strip_tags($result,'allowed tags here');

[marcus]

Try just:

 

echo strig_tags($string,"<b><i><em><strong><a><h1><h2><h3>"); //etc...

[darkfreaks]

LOL havent i been saying that

[marcus]

Maybe he doesn't like you

[darkfreaks]

awww i feel so resented