PHP preg_match_all & Regex

I am currently using the function below to match all the "hrefs" on the page but I am also trying to grab the text inside the actual url tag

My Current Code

  protected function _get_desc() {
    if (!empty($this->markup)){
      preg_match_all('/<a([^>]+)\>(.*?)\<\/a\>/i', $this->markup, $links);
      return !empty($links[1]) ? $links[1] : FALSE;
    }
  }

PHP:

I would want to grab the "ShopABC" text.

Sponsored by <a href="/website/6/swp/" target="_blank">ShopABC</a>

HTML:

I need to modify:
/<a([^>]+)\>(.*?)\<\/a\>/i

Any help would be appreciated, I'm stuck!

Thanks!

 

Try this:

protected function _get_desc() {
    if (!empty($this->markup)){
      preg_match_all('/(<a.*>)(.*)(<\/a>)/i', $this->markup, $links, PREG_SET_ORDER);
      return !empty($links[0][2]) ? $links[0][2] : FALSE;
    }
  }

PHP: