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Remove all text between two symbols using php

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Jul 19.2008

hi every1

am tryin to Remove all text between two symbols using php, for example i want to remove all text between the symbols < and >

ex:
I <aaaaaa> LIKE <asdf> W<aa>EBDEV<aaaa>ELOPER.com
Gives:
I LIKE WEBDEVELOPER.com

ty..

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@ZnupiJul 19.2008 — If you want to strip html tags (well, any <tags>)you can use the [url=http://php.net/strip-tags]strip_tags()[/URL] function. If it's not only tags, let us know and we'll come up with some pattern most probably ?
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@SZeroauthorJul 19.2008 — no not html tags

anyway i came up with sth

$first= preg_replace("/[(#[0-9A-F]{6}|[a-z]+)]/si", "", $first_post);

but it doesn't remove (? and (=)

???

ty
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@SZeroauthorJul 19.2008 — actually doesn't remove any symbols or space, just letters
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@ZnupiJul 19.2008 — [code=php]
preg_replace("%<.*?>%", '', $first_post);
[/code]
I'd test it but I'm at my girlfriend's house. Let us know if it works ?
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@SZeroauthorJul 19.2008 — didn't work, it removes symbols from entire text not between <>
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@NogDogJul 19.2008 — [code=php]
<?php
$text = "I <aaaaaa> LIKE <asdf> W<aa>EBDEV<aaaa>ELOPER.com";
echo preg_replace('/<[^>]*>/', '', $text);
[/code]
Output:
I LIKE WEBDEVELOPER.com[/quote]
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@SZeroauthorJul 19.2008 — i modified it to be

$first= preg_replace("/[(#[0-9A-F]{6}|[a-z.=:?*1234567890]+)]/si", "", $first_post);

it removes the symbols shown but not / and

i tried putting them the same way but didn't work
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@SZeroauthorJul 19.2008 — any1?
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@NogDogJul 19.2008 — i modified it to be

$first= preg_replace("/[(#[0-9A-F]{6}|[a-z.=:?*1234567890]+)]/si", "", $first_post);

it removes the symbols shown but not / and

i tried putting them the same way but didn't work[/QUOTE]
What does this have to do with the requirement stated in the original post? If all you are doing is changing the <...> to [...], just change my last suggestion to:
[code=php]
preg_replace('/[[^]]*]/', '', $text);
[/code]
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@SZeroauthorJul 19.2008 — i tried it didn't work

shows blank area
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@SZeroauthorJul 19.2008 — actually it's

$first_post= preg_replace('/[[^>]*]/', '', $first_post);

worked TY?
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@NogDogJul 19.2008 — actually it's

$first_post= preg_replace('/[[^>]*]/', '', $first_post);

worked TY?[/QUOTE]
That won't work if there happens to be a ">" within the square brackets.
[code=php]
<?php
$text = "This is [not]a test. It is[<really>] only a test.";
echo preg_replace('/[[^]]*]/', '', $text);
[/code]
Outputs:

[indent]This is a test. It is only a test.[/indent]
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