Smarty USES strip_tags to filter HTML tags and truncate articles

The strip_tags() function strips out HTML, XML, and PHP tags.

 
<?php echo strip_tags( " Hello <b>world!</b> " ); ?> 

Smarty can remove HTML tags using strip_tags, including in < > Anything between.

Such as:

Index.php:

 
$smarty = new Smarty; 
$smarty->assign( ' articleTitle',  " Blind Woman Gets <span style= " font-family: &amp;amp; " >New Kidney</span> from Dad she Hasn't Seen in <strong>years</strong>. " ); 
$smarty->display( ' index.tpl'); 

The index. The TPL:

 
{$articleTitle} 
{$articleTitle|strip_tags} 

Output results:

 
Blind Woman Gets <span style= " font-family: helvetica; " >New Kidney</span> from Dad she Hasn't Seen in <strong>years</strong>. 
Blind Woman Gets New Kidney from Dad she Hasn't Seen in years. 

Article excerpt:

 
{$article.content|truncate:35: "..." :true}