[SOLVED] should use : ActionController::Base.helpers.strip_tags(self[:body])
On Jun 7, 4:37 pm, Erwin <[email protected]> wrote: > the post body contains html tags , so I cannot directly truncate > it... > I thought I could use sanitize to clean up the htl tags then truncate > but it doesn't work ... > > def write_excerpt > sanitized_body = > ActionController::Base.helpers.sanitize(self[:body]) > self[:excerpt] = > ActionController::Base.helpers.truncate(sanitized_body, :length => > 300) unless sanitized_body.length < 300 > end > > as an example I get : > "<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Morbi > commodo, ipsum sed pharetra gravida, orci magna rhoncus neque, id > pulvinar odio lorem non turpis. Nullam sit amet enim. Donec sed tellus > eget sapien fringilla nonummy. Mauris a ante. Suspendisse quam sem, > consequat at, commodo vit..." > > there is a <p> tag ... which means that they are not stripped out ... > > am I wrong ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
