strip tags on parse

dcs1771

Hello everyone,
I am new here and relatively new to PHP. I have run into a wall with a parse I have been working on. I get search results with and in it. In another parser i included a strip_tags() and it solved the problem. But with this one I seem to just not be able to find the right spot to put that code. here is a peice of the parse:

// PREPARE VALUES FOR THE QUERY:
$SearchTerm = str_replace(' ', '+', $SearchTerm);
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

// BUILD THE QUERY:
$strQuery = "http://feed.feedpatrol.com/?xtype=1&maxcount=3&xformat=xml";
$strQuery .= "&search=$SearchTerm";
$strQuery .= "&affid=$ID";
$strQuery .= "&ip=$ip";

// GET THE RAW XML FEED DATA AND CLEANUP (IF NEEDED):
$xmlData = GetURL($strQuery);
$xmlData = urldecode($xmlData);

// XML TAGS USED BY THIS XML FEED PROVIDER:
$xmlListingName = 'LISTING';
$xmlFields['Title'] = 'TITLE';
$xmlFields['Description'] = 'DESCRIPTION';
$xmlFields['Url'] = 'SITEHOST';
$xmlFields['Uri'] = 'LINK';

// PARSE THE XML:
ParseXML($xmlData);

// RETURN THE RESULT:
return $xmlItems;

the results look alot like this:

Widgets - $8.59
Description: Make Widgets your one-stop-shop for all your media needs. Find the latest book, movie, music and gaming titles at deep discounts. Flat-rate shipping. Overstock - your online outlet.
www.widgets.php

I have tried mutiples placings for the stip_tags() to no avail.
Again I am new to this and look forward to your advise.

Thank you,
Daniel

dcs1771

shouldnt this have worked?

// XML TAGS USED BY THIS XML FEED PROVIDER:
$xmlListingName = 'LISTING';
$xmlFields['Title'] = 'TITLE';
$xmlFields['Title'] = strip_tags($xmlFields['Title']);
$xmlFields['Description'] = 'DESCRIPTION';
$xmlFields['Description'] = strip_tags($xmlFields['Description'] );
$xmlFields['Url'] = 'SITEHOST';
$xmlFields['Uri'] = 'LINK';

shouldnt this have worked?
my feed went through but still had widgets in the results

Matt_Kindig

What about this?

 // RETURN THE RESULT:
return strip_tags($xmlItems);

dcs1771

no.

I tried that. I end up with no results to show at all.

Thank you though.

dcs1771

When I do that I see exactly this:

1.
Description:

as oppose to the usual this:

widgets for sale
Description: Stop in for some of the lowest prices in both easy to find widgets but also unbeatable prices on the rarest of widgets you can find for your every need.
www.rarewidgestandmore.com

i feel there must be some sort of exceptions I am missing that needs to be included in this which was suggested:

// RETURN THE RESULT:
return strip_tags($xmlItems);

Any suggestions?

Thank you