strip_tags

This strips out markup tags, basically anything between < and >.

Parameter Position	Type	Required	Default	Description
1	bool	No	`TRUE`	This determines whether the tags are replaced by ' ' or ''

Example 5-20. strip_tags

<?php

                    

                    $smarty->assign('articleTitle',

                                    "Blind Woman Gets <font face=\"helvetica\">New

                    Kidney</font> from Dad she Hasn't Seen in <b>years</b>."

                                   );

                    
?>

Where template is:

{$articleTitle}
{$articleTitle|strip_tags} {* same as {$articleTitle|strip_tags:true} *}
{$articleTitle|strip_tags:false}

Will output:

Blind Woman Gets <font face="helvetica">New Kidney</font> from Dad she Hasn't Seen in <b>years</b>.
Blind Woman Gets  New Kidney  from Dad she Hasn't Seen in  years .
Blind Woman Gets New Kidney from Dad she Hasn't Seen in years.