How to remove `//<![CDATA[` and end `//]]>`?

Question

How can I remove the (//<![CDATA[ , //]]>) blocks; tags inside a script element.

<script type="text/javascript">
    //<![CDATA[
    var l=new Array();
    ..........................
    ..........................
    //]]>
</script>

Looks like it can be done with preg_replace() but havent found a solution that works for me.

What regex would I use?

Answer 1

use str_replace() instead of preg_replace() it's lot easier

$var = str_replace('<![CDATA[', '', $var);
$var = str_replace(']]','',$var);
echo $var;

Answer 2

I use like this to remove <![CDATA[]] but on single line now work for me, dont know if for multiple line string.

preg_match_all('/CDATA\[(.*?)\]/', $your_string_before_this, $datas); 
$string_result_after_this = $datas[1][0];

Answer 3

If you must...

$s = preg_replace('~//<!\[CDATA\[\s*|\s*//\]\]>~', '', $s);

This will remove the whole line containing each tag without messing up the indentation of the enclosed code.

Answer 4

You can also try,

$s=str_replace(array("//<![CDATA[","//]]>"),"",$s);

Answer 5

$nodeText = '<![CDATA[some text]]>';
$text = removeCdataFormat($nodeText);    

public function removeCdataFormat($nodeText)
{
    $regex_replace = array('','');
    $regex_patterns = array(
        '/<!\[CDATA\[/',
        '/\]\]>/'
   );
   return trim(preg_replace($regex_patterns, $regex_replace, $nodeText));
}

Answer 6

You don't need regex for a static string.

Replace those parts of the texts with nothing:

$string = str_replace("//<![CDATA[","",$string);
$string = str_replace("//]]>","",$string);