Removing <p> tags around <div> tags

Question

I’d like to stop WP from wrapping <p> tags around <div> tags in the TineMCE editor …

Here’s what I’ve got:

function filter_ptags_on_images($content) {
    return preg_replace('/<p>([^>]*)<\/p>/i', '$1', $content);
}

add_filter('the_content', 'filter_ptags_on_images');

That removes all <p> tags around text but nothing that is wrapped in <p><div>text</div></p>.

I’d also like to know a solution if I have nested <div> tags like <p><div><div>text</div></div></p>.

Answer 1

Greedy and Ungreedy modifier:

preg_replace( '/<p>(.+)<\/p>/Uuis', '$1', $content );

Tested with this script:

<?php
$c = array();
$c[] = '<p>text</p>';
$c[] = '<p><div>text</div></p>';
$c[] = '<p><div><div>text</div></div></p>';

foreach ( $c as $content ) {
    $e = preg_replace( '/<p>(.+)<\/p>/Uuis', '$1', $content );
    var_dump( $e );
}

Also try remove_filter( 'the_content', 'wpautop' );