Re: Re: Removing HTML tags from a string

wouldn't just a simple

foreach (@line){
$_ =~ s/\</\&lt\;/g;
$_ =~ s/\>/\&gt\;/g;
}
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work just as well?

John J Reiser
newrisedesigns.com

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Re(3): Removing HTML tags from a string by chip (Curate) on May 21, 2002 at 01:38 UTC
Well, if that's what I meant, I probably would have typed something like this: `for (@line) { s/</</g; s/>/>/g; }` [download] But to answer your question: It's actually less brain drain to use a tested and complete module than to write equivalent code -- especially when the code isn't equivalent at all.... Or were you under the impression that the only dangerous characters for HTML rendering are "<" and ">"? -- Chip Salzenberg, Free-Floating Agent of Chaos	[reply] [d/l]

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Re(3): Removing HTML tags from a string
by chip (Curate) on May 21, 2002 at 01:38 UTC

for (@line) {
    s/</&lt;/g;
    s/>/&gt;/g;
}
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But to answer your question: It's actually less brain drain to use a tested and complete module than to write equivalent code -- especially when the code isn't equivalent at all.... Or were you under the impression that the only dangerous characters for HTML rendering are "<" and ">"?

-- Chip Salzenberg, Free-Floating Agent of Chaos

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