Convert HTML to plain-text

Demonstrates how to convert HTML to plain-text. The HTML-to-text conversion component/class is included with the Chilkat HTML-to-XML license.

Download Chilkat HTML-to-XML ActiveX (also includes HTML-to-PlainText conversion)

<?php

$h2t = new COM("Chilkat.HtmlToText");

//  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
$success = $h2t->UnlockComponent('30-day trial');
if ($success != true) {
    print $h2t->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Set the HTML:

$html = '<html><body><p>This is a test.</p><blockquote>Here is text within a blockquote</blockquote></body></html>';

$plainText = $h2t->toText($html);

print $plainText . "\n";
?>

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