alternative to htmlspecialchars

We can use htmlspecialchars to stip out html tags.

$name = $_POST['inputbox1'];
$name = htmlspecialchars($name);
echo "Welcome".$name;

Is there开发者_Go百科 another alternative?

PHP's strip_tags(..) might be what you're looking for.

If you're looking to actually strip the tags, check out strip_tags(), but if you're looking for a semi-equivalent function, have a look at htmlentities().

You can use dedicated alternative function called strip_tags.

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