strip_tags help

Hello.

I have this code bellow that in it is supposed to remove <img> & <span>
tags of anyting that's enterd into the database, if i wanna also strip </span>, how do i do that ? :/

i would appriciate any help.

			$string_ahref = $match[0];
			//echo "string = ".$string_ahref;


			$substr = substr($string_ahref,0,355);

			$trimed = strip_tags($substr,"<img>");
			$trimed = trim($trimed);
			//echo "strip".$trimed;
			$trimed = substr($trimed, 0 , -4);

			$len = strlen($trimed);
			//echo "length".$len."<br>";
			$image_name = substr($trimed,28,($len-25));
			//echo "<br><br>imname= '".$image_name."'<br>";

			preg_match("/<span class=\"nametext\".*>?<\/span>/is",$buff,$match_name);

			//echo "name= ".$match_name[0];

			if(empty($image_name))
			{
				$img_name = substr($match_name[0],100,600);
				$img  = strip_tags($img_name,"<img>");

				//echo "strip-->".$img."<--";
				$img = trim($img);


				$len = strlen($img);
				//echo "length".$len."<br>";

				$image_name = substr($img,10,($len-25));

				$image_name = trim($image_name);
				//echo "ooo".$img."000";
				//echo "Image = ->".$image_name."<--";
			}



			if(substr($image_name,0,10)=="<img src=\"")
			{
				$third_name = substr($image_name,10,strlen($image_name));
				//echo "third = ".$third_name;
				$image_name = $third_name;
			}

			//echo "<br><br>imname= '".$image_name."'<br>";
			$subname    = substr($match_name[0],0,200);
			$name       = strip_tags($subname,"<span>");
			$name = trim($name);

			$len_name   = strlen($name);
		//	echo $len_name;
			$name_final = substr($name,23,($len_name-30));

			$arr = array("name"=>$name_final,"imagepath"=>$image_name);

			//exit();
		}
		fclose($handle);
		ini_restore('max_execution_time');
		ini_restore('default_socket_timeout');

		$dname = $arr['name'];
		$img = $arr['imagepath'];


$query = "INSERT INTO fc_users VALUES ('','$id','$dname','','','','','','','','$img','','','','','".date("U")."','0')";
mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());


  }
}

PHP:

 

Can you please tell me what this exactly does (my eyes hurt when I looked at it):

$string_ahref = $match[0];
            //echo "string = ".$string_ahref;


            $substr = substr($string_ahref,0,355);

            $trimed = strip_tags($substr,"<img>");
            $trimed = trim($trimed);
            //echo "strip".$trimed;
            $trimed = substr($trimed, 0 , -4);

            $len = strlen($trimed);
            //echo "length".$len."<br>";
            $image_name = substr($trimed,28,($len-25));
            //echo "<br><br>imname= '".$image_name."'<br>";

            preg_match("/<span class=\"nametext\".*>?<\/span>/is",$buff,$match_name);

            //echo "name= ".$match_name[0];

            if(empty($image_name))
            {
                $img_name = substr($match_name[0],100,600);
                $img  = strip_tags($img_name,"<img>");

                //echo "strip-->".$img."<--";
                $img = trim($img);


                $len = strlen($img);
                //echo "length".$len."<br>";

                $image_name = substr($img,10,($len-25));

                $image_name = trim($image_name);
                //echo "ooo".$img."000";
                //echo "Image = ->".$image_name."<--";
            }



            if(substr($image_name,0,10)=="<img src=\"")
            {
                $third_name = substr($image_name,10,strlen($image_name));
                //echo "third = ".$third_name;
                $image_name = $third_name;
            }

            //echo "<br><br>imname= '".$image_name."'<br>";
            $subname    = substr($match_name[0],0,200);
            $name       = strip_tags($subname,"<span>");
            $name = trim($name);

            $len_name   = strlen($name);
        //  echo $len_name;
            $name_final = substr($name,23,($len_name-30));

            $arr = array("name"=>$name_final,"imagepath"=>$image_name);

            //exit();
        }

PHP:

Is it just stripping 3 tags out? That could be done in 1 line.

Peace,

 

i didint code this from the start and rebuilding this messes everyting up, soi wanted to add striping of </span> only if possible.

It's a login script, when someone logins with an ID number it's enterd into the database and strips the tags <img> and <span>, but </span> also needs to be stripped which the coder forgot.

So i hope someone could help me add stripping of </span>

 

I dont have time time to rewrite the code, but after this:

$subname    = substr($match_name[0],0,200);
$name       = strip_tags($subname,"<span>");
$name = trim($name);

PHP:

Add:

$subname    = substr($name,0,200);
$name       = strip_tags($subname,"</span>");
$name = trim($name);

PHP:

Peace,

 

thanks! i have anoter problem with striping here..
$img = strip_tags($img_name,"<strip>");

Where <Strip> is above, how would that look like if i wanted to remove the wierd stuff in hte image bellow

so it becomes http://theimage.com/efcd0033a74f7344439d3177cde91362.jpg only ?