2 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/util.lua b/libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/util.lua
index a30e8b72f3..38e00ad83b 100644
--- a/libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/util.lua
+++ b/libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/util.lua
@@ -159,8 +159,12 @@ end
 -- String and data manipulation routines
 --
 
+-- compatibility wrapper for xml.pcdata
 function pcdata(value)
-	return value and tparser.pcdata(tostring(value))
+	local xml = require "luci.xml"
+
+	perror("luci.util.pcdata() has been replaced by luci.xml.pcdata() - Please update your code.")
+	return xml.pcdata(value)
 end
 
 function urlencode(value)
@@ -182,8 +186,12 @@ function urldecode(value, decode_plus)
 	return nil
 end
 
+-- compatibility wrapper for xml.striptags
 function striptags(value)
-	return value and tparser.striptags(tostring(value))
+	local xml = require "luci.xml"
+
+	perror("luci.util.striptags() has been replaced by luci.xml.striptags() - Please update your code.")
+	return xml.striptags(value)
 end
 
 function shellquote(value)
@@ -343,8 +351,6 @@ function parse_units(ustr)
 end
 
 -- also register functions above in the central string class for convenience
-string.pcdata      = pcdata
-string.striptags   = striptags
 string.split       = split
 string.trim        = trim
 string.cmatch      = cmatch
diff --git a/libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/util.luadoc b/libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/util.luadoc
index 4ec68dd1ef..3168d9c220 100644
--- a/libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/util.luadoc
+++ b/libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/util.luadoc
@@ -70,10 +70,13 @@ Recursively dumps a table to stdout, useful for testing and debugging.
 ---[[
 Create valid XML PCDATA from given string.
 
+This is just a compatibility wrapper for luci.xml.padata()
+
 @class				function
 @name				pcdata
 @param value		String value containing the data to escape
 @return				String value containing the escaped data
+@see				luci.xml.pcdata
 ]]
 
 ---[[
@@ -100,10 +103,13 @@ URL-encode given string.
 ---[[
 Strip HTML tags from given string.
 
+This is just a compatibility wrapper for luci.xml.striptags()
+
 @class				function
 @name				striptags
 @param value		String containing the HTML text
 @return				String with HTML tags stripped of
+@see				luci.xml.striptags
 ]]
 
 ---[[