How do I clear html tags from HTMLEditor's text?

A few months ago I had an issue with HTML tags displaying in the text uploaded to my MySQL database. You gave me this line to alter which has worked until recently:

$CKEditor_initialValue = "".($rsxxx->getColumnVal("xxxx",false)) .""; [which is now added automatically]

However this is not working on a new page I just created.

SOLVED...
I forgot to add the 'false' to the end of the PHP code line: <?php echo($rsEagleScout->getColumnVal("TextBlock",false)); ?> which properly formats the text. Could this not be added to the next DataBridge update as a matter of convenience for us?

Yes. I have this in my notes to add that automatically when using an html editor.

What do I do if I just want to display the text without html tags. I have tried both strip_tags and htmlspecialchars_decode, but nothing happens. That is, tags are displayed anyway.
<?php echo strip_tags($smallStory); ?>

How did you set $smallStory?

I don't think the variabel is the problem. It is set to:
<?php $smallStory = ($WADAbuckets_details->getColumnVal("sto_text")) ?>

It does not matter if I write the whole code or use a variable in this case:
<?php echo strip_tags($WADAbuckets_details->getColumnVal("sto_text")); ?>

Use:


<?php echo strip_tags($WADAbuckets_details->getColumnVal("sto_text",false)); ?>

Thanks! Are there other parameters to adjust regarding the HTML editor? Where can I read more about this?

That is just to turn off the automatic cross site scripting protection when displaying the content from a recordset.

It isn't specific to html editor, but html editor produces html, which is what this protects against. Turning off the protection allows the content to be displayed in true html format, and therefor allows you to also remove the tags.

Hi everyone,

I'm new to the forum and have been following this thread with interest. I had a similar issue with HTML tags appearing in my text, and the solutions mentioned here were very helpful. I found that using the strip_tags function, as suggested by Ray, worked perfectly for my case. I also appreciate the tip about adding 'false' to the end of the getColumnVal function to turn off automatic cross-site scripting protection. It's great to see such a supportive community sharing knowledge and solutions!