function for removing link

i need a code to remove the link from a String, here is the sample:

This is a test. <a href="http://www.domain.com">my site</a>
here is the 2nd line
.;....
link againL
<a href="http://www.domainsss.com">my 2nd site</a>

Code (markup):

I need a function to output it as

Code:

This is a test. my site
here is the 2nd line
.;....
link againL
my 2nd site

Code (markup):

thanks for your help.

 

strip_tags() ..... ???? not sure what you want ... but you could try that function

 

$value = '<a href="http://www.domain.com/123.html">123</a>';

echo preg_replace('/<a href="(.*?)">(.*?)<\\/a>/i', '$2', $value);

PHP:

 

better use strip_tags
$string = strip_tags($string, '<a>');

 

Doesn't that leave the links?

 

My thoughts exactly

 

Double post sorry

 

http://uk2.php.net/strip_tags

 

He wants LINKS removed, nowhere did he say he wants all HTML tags removed. discoverclips' example is perfectly fine.

 

i am sorry for the delay to get back, This one is works fun for me, but strip_tags removes all the HTML tags.