PKPString::html2text PHP Method

    static function html2text($html)
    {
        $html = self::regexp_replace('/<[\\/]?p>/', "\n", $html);
        $html = self::regexp_replace('/<li>/', '&bull; ', $html);
        $html = self::regexp_replace('/<\\/li>/', "\n", $html);
        $html = self::regexp_replace('/<br[ ]?[\\/]?>/', "\n", $html);
        $html = html_entity_decode(strip_tags($html), ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8');
        return $html;
    }

 /**
  * Assign parameters to template
  * @param $paramArray array
  */
 function assignParams($paramArray = array())
 {
     $submission = $this->submission;
     $application = PKPApplication::getApplication();
     $request = $application->getRequest();
     parent::assignParams(array_merge(array('submissionTitle' => strip_tags($submission->getLocalizedTitle()), 'submissionId' => $submission->getId(), 'submissionAbstract' => PKPString::html2text($submission->getLocalizedAbstract()), 'authorString' => strip_tags($submission->getAuthorString())), $paramArray));
 }