help removing encoded html from string

[matthisco]

Hello,

I am trying to remove all html from a user input string.

something like this:

<cfset string ="sample text &lt;a&gt;">

I have tried:

Replace(string , "<[^>]*>", "", "ALL")

Replace(string , "&lt;br &##x2f;&gt;>", "", "ALL")

Neither remove the html, can anyone help?

[BKBK · Accepted solution]

The related functions for replacing strings using regular expressions are REReplace and REReplaceNoCase. For example,

<cfset string ="sample text <a>">

<cfoutput>#REReplace(string , "<[^>]*>", "", "ALL")#</cfoutput>