Question

How it is possible to allow <br /> in strip_tags() or any way I can get around to it?

<?php
$text = '<p>Test <br />paragraph.</p><!-- Comment --> <a href="#fragment">Other text</a>';
echo strip_tags($text);
echo "\n";

// Allow <p>, <a>, <br />
echo strip_tags($text, '<p><a><br />');
echo "\n";

// Allow <br /> only
echo strip_tags($text, '<br />');
?>

result:

Test paragraph. Other text
<p>Test paragraph.</p> <a href="#fragment">Other text</a>
Test paragraph. Other text

Thanks,
Lau

Answer 1

Don’t use a self-closing tag name? echo strip_tags($text, '<br>');

The strip_tags() function’s allowable_tags argument takes the allowed tags in the form <tagname> The reason your code didn’t work was because you used <br /> instead of <br>.