> Just curious... I'm a bit confused on how to do this and > figured someone else may have an idea (if not the code). > Sorry if this sounds disjointed. I still have yet to get my > coffee this morning. > > I have the following string... > > This is a <a href="http://www.foobar.com";>Link</a> to foobar. > > I would like to pull out the HTML from this statement so that I have > > This is a Link to foobar. > > This will also allow me to make a forum widget that allows > > [url]http://www.foobar.com[/url] > > to change into > > <a href="http://www.foobar.com";>Link</a> > > Any ideas how I can capture the text between the <>'s and/or > the text between the tags?
You want a regular expression that will strip HTML tags. Personally, I'm no whiz with regular expressions; they give me a headache. However, if you Google "regex strip html" you'll find several viable options. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:306172 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
