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HTML to Text Conversion Functions

• array_flip -                     This function is the opposite function for the get_html_translation_table() function by reversing HTML special characters back their original string characters. <?php $html_text = "J&uacute;an and Fel&iacute;pe paid 13&cent; a piece for gum." $translation_table = get_html_translation_table(HTML_ENTITIES); $flipped = array_flip($translation_table); print strtr($html_text, $flipped); // The sentence will now read "Júan and Felípe paid 13¢ a piece for // gum" without any HTML translation ?> • strip_tags () -                        This function removes all HTML and PHP tags from a string. <?php $html_text = "<a href=\"http://www.johnsgifts.com\"><strong> John's Gifts</strong></a>"; print strip_tags($html_text); // Returns John's Gifts with no HTML tags ?> In the even that a tag type should remain while all others are removed, that