jQuery (almost) equivalent of PHP's strip_tags()

Question

Is there a jQuery version of this function?

string strip_tags( string $str [, string $allowable_tags ] )

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Answer 1

You can try this, probably best solution: http://phpjs.org/functions/strip_tags/

Answer 2

This worked for me:

function strip_tags(str) {
    str = str.toString();
    return str.replace(/<\/?[^>]+>/gi, '');
}

Answer 3

Even if this is an old thread i think it could be useful for those who are still looking for an answer.

The Locutus.io function seems to be the best solution:

function strip_tags (input, allowed) {
      allowed = (((allowed || '') + '').toLowerCase().match(/<[a-z][a-z0-9]*>/g) || []).join('')
      var tags = /<\/?([a-z][a-z0-9]*)\b[^>]*>/gi
      var commentsAndPhpTags = /<!--[\s\S]*?-->|<\?(?:php)?[\s\S]*?\?>/gi
      return input.replace(commentsAndPhpTags, '').replace(tags, function ($0, $1) {
        return allowed.indexOf('<' + $1.toLowerCase() + '>') > -1 ? $0 : ''
      })
}

Example 1:

strip_tags('<p>Kevin</p> <br /><b>van</b> <i>Zonneveld</i>', '<i><b>')

returns 1: 'Kevin <b>van</b> <i>Zonneveld</i>'

Example 2:

strip_tags('<p>Kevin <img src="someimage.png" onmouseover="someFunction()">van <i>Zonneveld</i></p>', '<p>')

returns 2: '<p>Kevin van Zonneveld</p>'

Example 3:

strip_tags("<a href='http://kvz.io'>Kevin van Zonneveld</a>", "<a>")

returns 3: "<a href='http://kvz.io'>Kevin van Zonneveld</a>"

Example 4:

strip_tags('1 < 5 5 > 1')

returns 4: '1 < 5 5 > 1'

Example 5:

strip_tags('1 <br/> 1')

returns 5: '1 1'

Example 6:

strip_tags('1 <br/> 1', '<br>')

returns 6: '1 <br/> 1'

Example 7:

strip_tags('1 <br/> 1', '<br><br/>')

returns 7: '1 <br/> 1'