php strip_tags: allows <br />?

[e_pitt03]

How it is possible to allow \[code\]<br />\[/code\] in strip_tags() or any way I can get around to it?\[code\]<?php$text = '<p>Test <br />paragraph.</p><!-- Comment --> <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3793978/#fragment">Other text</a>';echo strip_tags($text);echo "\n";// Allow <p>, <a>, <br />echo strip_tags($text, '<p><a><br />');echo "\n";// Allow <br /> onlyecho strip_tags($text, '<br />');?>\[/code\]result:\[code\]Test paragraph. Other text<p>Test paragraph.</p> <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3793978/#fragment">Other text</a>Test paragraph. Other text\[/code\]Thanks,Lau