[chris_bcn]

which in a way is good. However... I'm using Simplepie to parse rss feeds from 6 different blogs. I just want the <p> and <a> elements. I want to remove all the images.

This is what I have - I thought the syntax was right, but it removes all the text. all the images, everything

<?php
     strip_tags($item->get_description(),'<p> <a>') 
?> 

How do I get this to work?

[edit] oops - helps to echo it! move along nothing to see here

[encryptocat]

you are missing a semicolon ( ; ) on the end of the statement.

[gk]

and you need to echo/print the results

PHP Code:

<?php
     echo strip_tags($item->get_description(),'<p> <a>') ;
?>

Edit: Oh I see you saw that too, I just missed that part of your post :P

[LazyMoon]

It could be the space between the <p> and the <a> that causes it to strip everything, but I haven't tested it.

Alternatively, you can try:

echo preg_replace('!<img ?.*/?>!iU','',$string);