I would recommend using DOMDocument instead of regex. Thank You Chuck Reeves
2010/11/19 Peter Sawczynec <p...@blu-studio.com> > I need to be able to grab the first 10 words or so from a HTML laden text > string that is held in a db table field where the typical field content > might be as follows below. After the processing, being left with only the > straight text with punctuation would be fine > > > > <p><img src="/files/Screen%20img.png" alt="Fresh food makes for a great > snack." width="180" height="272" style="float: right;" /> </p> > > <p>Target bodu content begins here <em>and</em> may have any html tags > interspersed. Plus, users can users can use parens (anywhere) too.</p> > > <br />------<br /> > > <p>Another paragraph</p> > > > > I'm checking to see if over the years a best practice technique with regexp > or php funcs has been established to readily sove this classic display > challenge. > > > > Thanks for any <input />. > > > > Warmest regards, > > > > Peter Sawczynec > > Technology Dir. > > blūstudio > > 941.893.0396 > > p...@blu-studio.com <p...@sun-code.com> > > www.blu-studio.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation >
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