function common_strip_html($html, $trim=true, $save_whitespace=false)
{
+ // first replace <br /> with \n
+ $html = preg_replace('/\<(\s*)?br(\s*)?\/?(\s*)?\>/i', "\n", $html);
+ // then, unless explicitly avoided, remove excessive whitespace
if (!$save_whitespace) {
$html = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $html);
}