| Re: strip_tags function [message #178772 is a reply to message #178771] |
Tue, 31 July 2012 19:30   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 7/31/2012 3:17 PM, Tim Fardell wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:42:59 +0200, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
> <PointedEars(at)web(dot)de> wrote:
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>>>> You are not making sense. The *input* data should *never* be "HTML
>>>> encoded".
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> Wait, didn't you just say the opposite? If the input is not HTML-encoded then it
> is *critical* that any '<' character which does not form part of a tag is
> ignored. It is not, as my example above proves.
>
Tim,
You should have stopped right here. "Pointed Head" is a well known
troll in several newsgroups. He doesn't understand it is completely
valid to have HTML encoded strings - for instance, when using cURL to
retrieve a web page.
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