April 4, 2012
php DOM removing the tag (not content)
Question by dr.linux
$mystring="This is mystring. <a href='http://www.google.com'>Google.</a>";
$dom = new DOMDocument;
$dom->loadHTML($mystring);
$xPath = new DOMXPath($dom);
$nodes = $xPath->query('//a');
if($nodes->item(0)) {
$nodes->item(0)->parentNode->removeChild($nodes->item(0));
}
echo $dom->saveHTML();
I want to get output:
This is mystring. Google.
But i got just:
This is mystring.
Answer by Tim Cooper
Try the following:
if($nodes->item(0)) {
$node = $nodes->item(0);
$node->parentNode->replaceChild(new DOMText($node->textContent), $node);
}
Answer by Starx
Or, Use simple techniques to do simple things.
Here is an alternative to strip_tags()
preg_replace('#<a.*?>(.*?)</a>#i', '1', $text)
