Re: strip_tags function

From	Tim Fardell <tim.fardell.all-your-clothes@virgin.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: strip_tags function
Date	2012-07-31 20:37 +0100
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:30:54 -0400, Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net>
wrote:

>On 7/31/2012 3:17 PM, Tim Fardell wrote:
>> On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:42:59 +0200, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
>> <PointedEars@web.de> wrote:
>>
>
><snip>
>
>>>>>
>>>>> You are not making sense.  The *input* data should *never* be "HTML
>>>>> encoded".
>>
>> 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.

Ah - that explains it :-)

I did wonder to be honest, which is why I didn't reply for a couple of days, but
it got the better of me and I just *had* to respond in the end. 

I'll leave it there - apologies for feeding the troll. 
-- 
Please remove all-your-clothes before replying.

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strip_tags function Tim Fardell <tim.fardell.all-your-clothes@virgin.net> - 2012-07-26 18:18 +0100
  Re: strip_tags function Tim Fardell <tim.fardell.all-your-clothes@virgin.net> - 2012-07-26 18:27 +0100
    Re: strip_tags function The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-07-26 19:24 +0100
      Re: strip_tags function Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-07-26 23:54 +0200
    Re: strip_tags function "Álvaro G. Vicario" <alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX@demogracia.com.invalid> - 2012-07-27 08:25 +0200
    Re: strip_tags function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-07-27 11:52 +0200
      Re: strip_tags function Tim Fardell <tim.fardell.all-your-clothes@virgin.net> - 2012-07-27 18:25 +0100
        Re: strip_tags function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-07-28 12:42 +0200
          Re: strip_tags function Tim Fardell <tim.fardell.all-your-clothes@virgin.net> - 2012-07-31 20:17 +0100
            Re: strip_tags function Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-07-31 15:30 -0400
              Re: strip_tags function Tim Fardell <tim.fardell.all-your-clothes@virgin.net> - 2012-07-31 20:37 +0100
                Re: strip_tags function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-01 06:56 +0200
                Re: strip_tags function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-01 07:15 +0200
            Re: strip_tags function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-01 06:49 +0200

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