diff --git a/main/newscorm/lp_controller.php b/main/newscorm/lp_controller.php
index 2ec813cbb9..e92d3c3c2c 100644
--- a/main/newscorm/lp_controller.php
+++ b/main/newscorm/lp_controller.php
@@ -575,9 +575,9 @@ switch($action)
 		else{
 			$_SESSION['refresh'] = 1;
 			$_SESSION['oLP']->set_name($_REQUEST['lp_name']);
-			$author=	$_REQUEST['lp_author'];					
-			//fixing the author name (no body or html tags)	
-			$len = strpos($author,'</p>')-strpos($author,'<p>');			
+			 $author=	$_REQUEST['lp_author'];					
+			//fixing the author name (no body or html tags)		
+			$len = strripos($author,'</p>')-strpos($author,'<p>');			
 			$author_fixed=substr($author,strpos($author,'<p>'), $len+4);
 						
 			$_SESSION['oLP']->set_author($author_fixed);