Removes CDDATA tags from a string

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strip_cdata_tags($string)                                               
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DESCRIPTION:               
  Removes CDDATA tags from a string                               
                                                                        
INPUT:                    
  $string                                                         
            Text containing CDDATA tags                                 
RETURNS:                
  Returns a string free of CDDATA tags                            
***********************************************************************/
function strip_cdata_tags($string)
    {
    # Strip XML CDATA characters from all array elements
    $string = str_replace("", "", $string);
    return $string;
    }  
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