Strip Tags and everything in between

Question

How can i strip

including this content

I know you can use strip tags to remove the tags, but i want everything in between gone as w

Answer 1

If you want to strip ALL tags and including content:

$yourString = 'Hello 
Planet
 Earth. This is some sample content!';
$regex = '/<[^>]*>[^<]*<[^>]*>/';
echo preg_replace($regex, '', $yourString);
#=> Hello  Earth. This is some  content!

HTML attributes can contain < or >. So, if your HTML gets too messy this method will not work and you'll need a DOM parser.

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Regular Expression Explanation

NODE                     EXPLANATION
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  <                        '<'
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  [^>]*                    any character except: '>' (0 or more times
                           (matching the most amount possible))
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  >                        '>'
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  [^<]*                    any character except: '<' (0 or more times
                           (matching the most amount possible))
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  <                        '<'
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  [^>]*                    any character except: '>' (0 or more times
                           (matching the most amount possible))
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  >                        '>'