1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cgi/formatting.py b/cgi/formatting.py
index 33495a3..cb512ab 100644
--- a/cgi/formatting.py
+++ b/cgi/formatting.py
@@ -336,6 +336,13 @@ def close_html(message):
       return message[:l]
 
 
+def remove_html(message):
+    string = message.replace("<br />", "\n")
+    string = re.sub(r"<.*?>", '', string)
+    string = string.replace("\n", "<br />")
+    return string
+
+
 def sanitize_html(message, decode=True):
     """
     Clean the code and allow only a few safe tags.