dave1010

<?php
    function strip_word_html($text, $allowed_tags = '<b><i><sup><sub><em><strong><u><br>')
    {
        mb_regex_encoding('UTF-8');
        //replace MS special characters first
        $search = array('/&lsquo;/u', '/&rsquo;/u', '/&ldquo;/u', '/&rdquo;/u', '/&mdash;/u');
        $replace = array('\'', '\'', '"', '"', '-');
        $text = preg_replace($search, $replace, $text);
        //make sure _all_ html entities are converted to the plain ascii equivalents - it appears
        //in some MS headers, some html entities are encoded and some aren't