Strip Tags and everything in between

Question

How can i strip <h1>including this content</h1>

I know you can use strip tags to remove the tags, but i want everything in between gone as well.

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

As you’re dealing with HTML, you should use an HTML parser to process it correctly. You can use PHP’s DOMDocument and query the elements with DOMXPath, e.g.:

$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->loadHTML($html);
$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
foreach ($xpath->query('//h1') as $node) {
    $node->parentNode->removeChild($node);
}
$html = $doc->saveHTML();

Answer 2

Try this:

preg_replace('/<h1[^>]*>([\s\S]*?)<\/h1[^>]*>/', '', '<h1>including this content</h1>');

Example:

echo preg_replace('/<h1[^>]*>([\s\S]*?)<\/h1[^>]*>/', '', 'Hello<h1>including this content</h1> There !!');

Output:

Hello There