Strip HTML tag

[eluser]Mithun[/eluser]
What is the best method to strip htnl tags from the input?

How can i remove the HTML tags while validating the input
$this->form_validation->set_rules('description', 'Description', 'trim|xss_clean');

Do I need to add custom call back method to validation rules?

[eluser]Sbioko[/eluser]
No, you don't need to create a callback. To strip all HTML tags strip_tags function will help you. Something like this:

Code:

$clean = strip_tags($this->input->post('description'));

[eluser]Mithun[/eluser]
Thanjk you Sbioko,

i wand something while form validation

[eluser]Sbioko[/eluser]
Oh, my mistake. Yeah, you need to create a callback. Sorry ;-) Call it for example strip_html_tags.

Code:

public function strip_html_tags($s) {
    return strip_tags($s);
}

[eluser]Mithun[/eluser]
Again problem comes here, call back function need to be return true or false not the stripped string

I have a call back function

Code:

public function html_clean($s) {
    return strip_tags($s);
}

and i use it like

Code:

$this->form_validation->set_rules('customer', 'Customer', 'trim|required|callback_html_clean|xss_clean');

[eluser]rogierb[/eluser]
try something like :

Code:

$this->form_validation->set_rules('customer', 'Customer', 'trim|required|callback_html_clean['customer']|xss_clean');
public function html_clean($s, $v) {

    $_POST[$v] = strip_tags($s);
    return true;
}

[eluser]Mithun[/eluser]
Is it better to have a MY_Contoller method ?

Code:

class MY_Contoller
{
  MY_Contoller()
  {
    foreach($_POST as $k=>$v)
    {
      $_POST[$k] = strip_tags($_POST[$k]);
    }
  }
}

[eluser]Sbioko[/eluser]
Guys, are you kidding? What are $_POST or MY_Controller. Did you try my solution? Before say or ask something, you should see in the user guide.

[eluser]rogierb[/eluser]
Hey, they guy wanted a true or false solution, I gave him that.

Your solution does the trick, I know that. Don't get mad at me...

[eluser]Sbioko[/eluser]
I'm not mad. As I understood, he wants to cut out all the HTML tags, not validate(TRUE/FALSE). I gave him a solution, but he didn't try it. Maybe I misunderstand something, because English is a foreign language for me.