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1. therealhopeful
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   According to the codex documentation the_excerpt() API will automatically strip HTML tags under certain conditions. However, I cannot seem to get it to work. Here is my code:
   

   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
           <h1><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php echo strip_tags( the_excerpt() ); ?>" alt="<?php echo strip_tags( the_excerpt() ); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
         <?php endwhile; ?>

   If you go to this link and hover your mouse over the headings, you will see what I am talking about.

   How do I get the_excerpt to strip the HTML tags?

   Thanks! :D

2. Trent
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Doesn't that work if you are called the_excerpt() and not using the conditional of it while called the_post(). Anyone?

   Trent

3. therealhopeful
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks for the suggestion, Trent, but it's no-go. I tried both of the following bits of code, and they ended up generating an endless loop:
   

   <?php while (have_posts()) : ?>
           <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php echo strip_tags( the_excerpt() ); ?>" alt="<?php echo strip_tags( the_excerpt() ); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
         <?php endwhile; ?>

   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_excerpt(); ?>
           <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php echo strip_tags( the_excerpt() ); ?>" alt="<?php echo strip_tags( the_excerpt() ); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
         <?php endwhile; ?>

   Any other thoughts? :)

4. therealhopeful
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Issue resolved! :D

   There's a hidden API that does the job:

   get_the_excerpt()

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