( function () {

	window.wp = window.wp || {};

	/**

	 * wp.sanitize

	 *

	 * Helper functions to sanitize strings.

	 */

	wp.sanitize = {

		/**

		 * Strip HTML tags.

		 *

		 * @param {string} text Text to have the HTML tags striped out of.

		 *

		 * @return  Stripped text.

		 */

		stripTags: function( text ) {

			text = text || '';

			return text

				.replace( /<!--[\s\S]*?(-->|$)/g, '' )

				.replace( /<(script|style)[^>]*>[\s\S]*?(<\/\1>|$)/ig, '' )

				.replace( /<\/?[a-z][\s\S]*?(>|$)/ig, '' );

		},

		/**

		 * Strip HTML tags and convert HTML entities.

		 *

		 * @param {string} text Text to strip tags and convert HTML entities.

		 *

		 * @return Sanitized text. False on failure.

		 */

		stripTagsAndEncodeText: function( text ) {

			var _text = wp.sanitize.stripTags( text ),

				textarea = document.createElement( 'textarea' );

			try {

				textarea.innerHTML = _text;

				_text = wp.sanitize.stripTags( textarea.value );

			} catch ( er ) {}

			return _text;

		}

	};

}() );