How to delete all comments in a string?

[Anon]

Hello,

i would like to delete all comments in a string like this:

$string = "blabla<!-- comment -->abcdefg";

should be: "blablaabcdefg"

it also should work with comments over lines (ending-tag "//-->")

Thanx for help!

[Anon]

please explain in detail

Objective not clear

[Anon]

i have a html-file in a string and would like to kill all comments in it (all texts that included in <!-- --> or <!-- //-->)

hope that helps...