HTML Stripper plugin not working

awa, that plugin hasn’t been converted to 2.0 yet.

http://expressionengine.com/downloads/details/html_strip/

Hi Sue, ah, ok. Thanks for the quick reply. But why is it then part of the “EllisLab ExpressionEngine 2.0 Public Beta add-ons”? I downloaded the ZIP and all the plugins within installed themselves properly (own folder under third_party-directory), so when I use the CP to access the plugin I see it and it looks, as if it´s ready to go. And the char_limit plugin which is also part of the package works fine.

So, what you are saying is, that not all plugins in the Beta add-ons are actually ported to 2.0? If yes, when do you think, the plugin will be 2.x?

Cheers awa

When I downloaded the add-ons, that file wasn’t included. I’ll try downloading again, and see if I get it this time around.

Did this eventually work? Or is there an alternative to HTML Strip?

JonnyTurner and awa - this plugin isn’t in the downloadable zip file of converted plugins. I’m not aware of any existing plugins, but you might put in a Feature Request for it to be converted.

I just started my Expression Engine 1.x to 2.x transition, and hit the same problem. I was able to modify the old one to work with the new one…it’s a really short plugin.

Here’s the first 40 lines of old code of pi.html_strip.php:

<?php

/*
=====================================================
 ExpressionEngine - by pMachine
-----------------------------------------------------
 http://www.pmachine.com/
-----------------------------------------------------
 Copyright (c) 2003 pMachine, Inc.
=====================================================
 THIS IS COPYRIGHTED SOFTWARE
 PLEASE READ THE LICENSE AGREEMENT
 http://www.pmachine.com/license/
=====================================================
 File: pi.html_strip.php
-----------------------------------------------------
 Purpose: HTML stripper plugin
=====================================================

*/


$plugin_info = array(
                        'pi_name'            => 'HTML Stripper',
                        'pi_version'        => '1.0.1',
                        'pi_author'            => 'Paul Burdick',
                        'pi_author_url'        => 'http://www.pmachine.com/',
                        'pi_description'    => 'Removes HTML code from text',
                        'pi_usage'            => HTML_strip::usage()
                    );


class HTML_strip {

    var $return_data;

    
    // ----------------------------------------
    //  Character Limiter
    // ----------------------------------------

    function HTML_strip($str = '')
    {
        global $TMPL, $FNS;
                        
        $convert        = ( ! $TMPL->fetch_param('convert'))        ? 'n'        :  $TMPL->fetch_param('convert');
        $convert_back    = ( ! $TMPL->fetch_param('convert_back'))    ? 'original':  $TMPL->fetch_param('convert_back');
        $keep            = ( ! $TMPL->fetch_param('keep'))            ? ''        :  $TMPL->fetch_param('keep');
        $template        = ($str == '') ? $TMPL->tagdata : $str;
        
        $template        = str_replace('/', '/',$template);

. . . And below are the modified lines. It just converts from the old parameter setup style to the new style: . . .

<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

$plugin_info = array(
                        'pi_name'            => 'HTML Stripper UNOFFICIAL EE 2.X CONVERSION',
                        'pi_version'        => '1.0.1',
                        'pi_author'            => 'Paul Burdick',
                        'pi_author_url'        => 'http://expressionengine.com/',
                        'pi_description'    => 'Removes HTML code from text',
                        'pi_usage'            => HTML_strip::usage()
                    );

/**
 * HTML_strip Class
 *
 * @package            ExpressionEngine
 * @category        Plugin
 * @author            UNOFFICIAL EE2.X CONVERSION 
 * @copyright        Copyright (c) 2004 - 2009, EllisLab, Inc.
 * @link                http://expressionengine.com/downloads/details/html_strip/
 */
 
class HTML_strip {

    var $return_data;

    
    // ----------------------------------------
    //  HTML Stripper
    // ----------------------------------------

    function HTML_strip($str = '')
    {

        $this->EE =& get_instance();
        $convert        = ( ! $this->EE->TMPL->fetch_param('convert'))        ? 'n'        :  $this->EE->TMPL->fetch_param('convert');
        $convert_back    = ( ! $this->EE->TMPL->fetch_param('convert_back'))    ? 'original':  $this->EE->TMPL->fetch_param('convert_back');
        $keep            = ( ! $this->EE->TMPL->fetch_param('keep'))            ? ''        :  $this->EE->TMPL->fetch_param('keep');
        $template        = ($str == '') ? $this->EE->TMPL->tagdata : $str;
        
        $template        = str_replace('/', '/',$template);

. . . It APPEARS to work on my test installation. I hope this is OK to post here. I’ve changed the plugin info with the string “UNOFFICIAL EE 2.x CONVERSION” to remind myself that it’s something I should check later.

To complete the conversion, I created a folder called html_strip in my system/expressionengine/thirdparty/ folder and dropped the file in it.

I don’t know why I couldn’t use the two other “plugins” folders in system and system/expressionengine. Could some one tell me what the difference is?

Hi awa,

Does David’s solution in thread help you out?

Cheers

Greg

Hi David,

The third_party folder is the correct place to put new plugins for EE2.x. The other plugins folders are for Codeigniter and EE core plugin components respectively.

Cheers

Greg

Hi Greg,

Does David’s solution in thread help you out?

First: Thanks to David! I got it working, but I have trouble with the keep-Parameter. If I say keep=”p”, it keeps the p-tag, so after stripping i have a

, but with the

the < and the > are & lt;/a & gt; (I broke the entities to make it show up here) And this is not working. I tried a lot of combinations of convert and convert_back, but the closing tags like

</a>, </b>...

are not working.

Cheers awa

awa, since you’re working with slightly modified code, I’m going to move this to the Plugins forum.

Hello!

I am having a similar problem with HTML_STRIP

For example my code is:

{exp:char_limit total="45"}{exp:html_strip}{news_body}{/exp:html_strip}{/exp:char_limit}

Yet this outputs an excerpt of 45 characters with the html still included…

Maybe this plugin can’t be used within the char_limit?

I’m currently using the plugin with EE v1.6.8

Thanks!

Hello! I am having a similar problem with HTML_STRIP For example my code is:

{exp:char_limit total="45"}{exp:html_strip}{news_body}{/exp:html_strip}{/exp:char_limit}

Yet this outputs an excerpt of 45 characters with the html still included… Maybe this plugin can’t be used within the char_limit? I’m currently using the plugin with EE v1.6.8 Thanks!

You might want to try adding parse=”inward”:

{exp:char_limit total="45" parse="inward"}

that way the limit will be processed first then strip out the HTML.

You might want to try adding parse=”inward”:

{exp:char_limit total="45" parse="inward"}

that way the limit will be processed first then strip out the HTML.

That worked! Thanks!

Many thanks, Dave.

This seems to work a treat.

Hope Paul Burdick is able to officially test/sanction it.