[SOLVED] Removing URL Link From Text Field

[monkeybidz]

How can i remove a URL link from a form text field or the area where results are posted when a user enters http://www.mywhateversite.com. For example, here on this site. I want to allow the text, but not the link. If you guys are familiar with myspace and have tried to put a link to another site, the myspace site automatically changes it to something else or blank. Thus allowing the user to post the site url, but without the link. ???

 

Thanks in advance.

[snowman15]

if your users are imputting html tags inside of the form to make the link, I am pretty sure you can use:

 

<?php

$string=strip_tags($string);


?>

 

correct me if I'm wrong?

[monkeybidz]

Well, i used this:

 

$sbrow_off["sb_myself"]=strip_tags($sbrow_off["sb_myself"]);

 

It does the job, except it also removes any other html code like backround color font sizes and so on. This is for a users profile like myspace where the user can enter html code in the profile area. I need to remove URL's from string.

[darkfreaks]

<?php

$string=strip_tags($string,'<allowed tags>');


?>

[monkeybidz]

That's a tough one,since i don't know what a user will use. Usually they probably will use the following characters in there HTML:

 

<>,./?' ; :\|]}[{=+-_)(*&^%$#@!`~"

 

What i really need to block or remove is:

 

a href

[darkfreaks]

<?php

$string=str_replace('<a href="">', '',$string);?>

[monkeybidz]

I changed it a bit, and it did the trick.

$string=str_replace('a href=" ', '',$string);?>

 

Your the man!

 

[darkfreaks]

solved?