In PHP, how to remove HTML tags from a string?

The PHP function strip_tags() removes HTML, XML and PHP tags from a string. Here is an example where all the tags are deleted

$string = "<h1>Title</h1>";

// Displays: Title
echo strip_tags ($string);

The following example removes all the tags except <b> and <i> :

$string = '<div><b>Bold</b> and <i>italic</i> text</div>';

// Dispays: <b>Bold</b> and <i>italic</i> text
echo strip_tags ($string, '<b><i>');

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• How to escape HTML tags from a string in PHP?

The PHP function strip_tags() removes HTML, XML and PHP tags from a string. Here is an example where all the tags are deleted

$string = "<h1>Title</h1>";

// Displays: Title
echo strip_tags ($string);

The following example removes all the tags except <b> and <i> :

$string = '<div><b>Bold</b> and <i>italic</i> text</div>';

// Dispays: <b>Bold</b> and <i>italic</i> text
echo strip_tags ($string, '<b><i>');

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• En PHP, comment échapper les balises HTML d'une chaîne de caractères ?