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strip_tags()

 / Published in: ASP
 

URL: http://reusablecode.blogspot.com/2008/12/striptags.html

Strip all HTML/ASP/PHP tags from a string; essential for validating user input. (But not solely sufficient for validating user input. Use additional methods as appropriate.)

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  2.     ' Copyright (c) 2008, reusablecode.blogspot.com; some rights reserved.
  3.     '
  4.     ' This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. To view
  5.     ' a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ or
  6.     ' send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California
  7.     ' 94305, USA.
  8.  
  9.     ' Strip HTML/ASP/PHP tags from a string.
  10.     function strip_tags(unsafeString)
  11.         dim regEx
  12.  
  13.         set regEx = new RegExp
  14.  
  15.         with regEx
  16.             .Global = true
  17.             .IgnoreCase = true
  18.             .Pattern = "(\<(/?[^\>]+)\>)"
  19.         end with
  20.  
  21.         strip_tags = regEx.Replace(unsafeString, "")
  22.  
  23.         set regEx = nothing
  24.     end function
  25. %>

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