Remove all text between two symbols using php

[SZero]

hi every1

am tryin to Remove all text between two symbols using php, for example i want to remove all text between the symbols < and >

ex:
I <aaaaaa> LIKE <asdf> W<aa>EBDEV<aaaa>ELOPER.com
Gives:
I LIKE WEBDEVELOPER.com

ty..

[Znupi]

If you want to strip html tags (well, any <tags>)you can use the strip_tags() (http://php.net/strip-tags) function. If it's not only tags, let us know and we'll come up with some pattern most probably :)

[SZero]

no not html tags

anyway i came up with sth

$first= preg_replace("/\[(\#[0-9A-F]{6}|[a-z]+)\]/si", "", $first_post);

but it doesn't remove (:) and (=)

???

ty

[SZero]

actually doesn't remove any symbols or space, just letters

[Znupi]

preg_replace("%<.*?>%", '', $first_post);

I'd test it but I'm at my girlfriend's house. Let us know if it works :)

[SZero]

didn't work, it removes symbols from entire text not between <>

[NogDog]

<?php
$text = "I <aaaaaa> LIKE <asdf> W<aa>EBDEV<aaaa>ELOPER.com";
echo preg_replace('/<[^>]*>/', '', $text);

Output:
I LIKE WEBDEVELOPER.com

[SZero]

i modified it to be

$first= preg_replace("/\[(\#[0-9A-F]{6}|[a-z.=:?*1234567890]+)\]/si", "", $first_post);

it removes the symbols shown but not / and \
i tried putting them the same way but didn't work

[SZero]

any1?

[NogDog]

i modified it to be

$first= preg_replace("/\[(\#[0-9A-F]{6}|[a-z.=:?*1234567890]+)\]/si", "", $first_post);

it removes the symbols shown but not / and \
i tried putting them the same way but didn't work
What does this have to do with the requirement stated in the original post? If all you are doing is changing the <...> to [...], just change my last suggestion to:

preg_replace('/\[[^\]]*\]/', '', $text);

[SZero]

i tried it didn't work
shows blank area

[SZero]

actually it's

$first_post= preg_replace('/\[[^>]*\]/', '', $first_post);

worked TY:D

[NogDog]

actually it's

$first_post= preg_replace('/\[[^>]*\]/', '', $first_post);

worked TY:D
That won't work if there happens to be a ">" within the square brackets.

<?php
$text = "This is [not]a test. It is[<really>] only a test.";
echo preg_replace('/\[[^\]]*\]/', '', $text);

Outputs:
This is a test. It is only a test.