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Description:
Strips all tag-based code from all form fields submitted to the action page.

Return Values:
Returns true.

Example:

<cfset form.alpha = "Jacob Camden">
<cfset form.beta = "This is <b>important</b>">
<cfset form.gamma = "Don't <b>change</b> me!!">
Form is currently:
<cfdump var="#form#">
Cleaning form, except for gamma.<br>
<cfset formStripHTML("gamma")>
Form is now:
<cfdump var="#form#">

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Strips HTML from all form fields.
 * Version 1.1 by Raymond Camden
 * 
 * @param nostrip      List of form fields that should not be modified. 
 * @return Returns true. 
 * @author Douglas Williams (klenzade@avondale.com) 
 * @version 1.1, December 19, 2001 
 */
function FormStripHTML() {
    var nostrip = "";
    if(arraylen(Arguments)) nostrip = Arguments[1];

        if(structIsEmpty(form)) return;

    for (field in form) {
           if(NOT listfindnocase(nostrip, field)) form[field] = ReReplaceNoCase(form[field], "<[^>]*>", "", "ALL");
    }

        return true;
}