$string =~ s/</&lt;/g;
$string =~ s/>/&gt;/g;

#-#############################################
# Sub: Strip Scripts
# Strips client-side script tags from HTML
#-#############################################
sub strip_scripts {
	    my $self = shift;
    my $data = shift;
    local $_;
    
    $$data =~ s/(<[\s\/]*)(script\b[^>]*>)/$1x$2/gi;
    while ($$data =~ s/(<[^>]*?)\b(on\w+\s*=)/$1x$2/og) {}
	
	    return $data;
}

#-#############################################
# Sub: Disable HTML
#-#############################################
sub disable_html {
	    my $self = shift;
    my $$data = shift || return 0;
    local $_;
    
    my %subst = (
        q|&|			=> q|&amp;|,
        q|"|			=> q|&quot;|,
        q|<|			=> q|&lt;|,
        q|>|			=> q|&gt;|,
        q|'|			=> q|&'|,
        q|`|			=> q|&`|,    
    );
    
    $$data =~ s/($_)/$subst{$1}/sg foreach keys %subst;
	    return $data;
}