This function will convert problematic ASCII characters to their true values for the $text string and sanitises news & article submissions. Set $striptags to true to strip away certain HTML tags.
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descript ( string $text [, bol $striptags ] )
Parameters
text
Source to be descripted
striptags
This is true on default, setting this to false will prevent the function to strip unwanted tags.
Return Values
This function will return the $text descripted