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sailor · 06-18-2004, 01:22 PM

I am trying to write a PHP function to strip the headers off of an HTML head--basicallt everything from the <html> tag to the end of the <body> tag. Clearly some sort of regular expression, but I sure cant get it to work.

The PHP strip_tags() wont work because I need to preserve the HTML formatting in the rest of the page (bolding, hyperlinks, etc).

Essentially whats going to happen is users will upload HTML files, and I want to take those files and display just the data in them--the stuff between <body> and </body>. That is then going to get dumped into a template and served up with the default style for the site.

Thanks yall

SinisterMotives · 06-18-2004, 01:32 PM

There are any number of scripts out there that will open a remote HTML document and grab the content between a start point and an end point you specify. You may be able to lift the regular expression used from one of the scripts listed here:

http://www.scriptsearch.com/PHP/Scri.../Web_Fetching/

06-18-2004, 01:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
sailor beauty in the breakdown Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chapel Hill, NC	[PHP] Strip HTML headers? I am trying to write a PHP function to strip the headers off of an HTML head--basicallt everything from the <html> tag to the end of the <body> tag. Clearly some sort of regular expression, but I sure cant get it to work. The PHP strip_tags() wont work because I need to preserve the HTML formatting in the rest of the page (bolding, hyperlinks, etc). Essentially whats going to happen is users will upload HTML files, and I want to take those files and display just the data in them--the stuff between <body> and </body>. That is then going to get dumped into a template and served up with the default style for the site. Thanks yall __________________ "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato

06-18-2004, 01:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
SinisterMotives Junkie Join Date: Jun 2004	There are any number of scripts out there that will open a remote HTML document and grab the content between a start point and an end point you specify. You may be able to lift the regular expression used from one of the scripts listed here: http://www.scriptsearch.com/PHP/Scri.../Web_Fetching/