PHP functions wont work with String object, but works with it typed manually
- by heldrida
Hi,
I'm trying to strip tags from a text output coming from an object. The problem is, that I can't. If I type it manually like "<p>http://www.mylink.com</p>", it works fine! When doing echo $item->text; it gives me the same string "<p>http://www.mylink.com</p>"; Doing var_dump or even gettype, gives me a string(). So, I'm sure its a string, but it's not acting like it, I tried several functions preg_replace, preg_match, strip_Tags, none worked. How can I solve this situation, how to debug it ?
$search = array("<p>", "</p>");
$switch = array("foo", "baa");
//works just fine, when used
$text = "<p>http://www.mylink.com</p>";
//it's a string for sure!
var_dump($item->introtext);
$text = $item->introtext;
//doesn't work
$text = str_replace($search, $switch, $text);
$text = strip_tags($text, "<p>");
//doesn't work either.
$matches = array();
$pattern = '/<p>(.*)<\/p>/';
preg_match($pattern, $text, $matches);
//gives me the following output: <p>http://www.omeulink.com</p>
echo $text;
