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/* ==========================================================================
 *                Shortcodes content filter
   ========================================================================== */
/**
 * Removes mismatched </p> and <p> tags from a string
 * 
 * @author Jason Lengstorf <jason@copterlabs.com>
 */
function mom_remove_crappy_markup( $string )
{
    $patterns = array(
        '#^\s*</p>#',
        '#<p>\s*$#'
    );

    return preg_replace($patterns, '', $string);
}