strip_formatting
— Strip HTML tags from a string.
Summary
- strip_formatting($str, $allowableTags = '', $fallbackStr = '')
Strip HTML tags from a string.
This is essentially a wrapper around PHP’s strip_tags() function, with the added benefit of returning a fallback string in case the resulting stripped string is empty or contains only whitespace.
- Parameters:
$str (
string
) – The string to be stripped of HTML formatting.$allowableTags (
string
) – The string of tags to allow when stripping tags.$fallbackStr (
string
) – The string to be used as a fallback.
- Returns:
The stripped string.