How to Remove HTML Tags from a String in PHP

The strip_tags() function is used to remove HTML tags from a string. This function can be useful when you want to display text on a web page without HTML tags.

Syntax:

strip_tags($string, $allowed_tags);

Parameters:

• string: Required. Specifies the string to remove HTML tags from
• allowed_tags: Optional. Specifies which HTML tags are allowed. Default is all tags are allowed

$html = 'Welcome, <b>Peter</b><br />Profile';
$output = strip_tags($html, '<br>'); // 'Welcome, Peter<br />Profile'

$data = '<div class="content-wrapper">

    <section class="content-header">
        <div class="container-fluid">
            <div class="row mb-2">
                <div class="col-sm-6">
                <h1>Dashboard</h1>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </section>

    <section class="content">
        <div class="container-fluid">
            <div class="row">
                <div class="col-12">
                    <div class="card card-primary">
                        <div class="card-header">
                            <h4 class="card-title">Data List</h4>
                        </div>
                        <div class="card-body">
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </section> 

</div>';

echo strip_tags($data); //Output: "DashboardData List"