Replace values between strings

I have spent hours looking for a solution to this to no avail

I want to turn a bunch of text like this:


<a href=http://www.321energy.com/>321 Energy</a><br>
<a href=http://calenergy.blogspot.com/>California Energy</a><br>
<a href=http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/>Common Tragedies</a><br>
<a href=http://earlywarn.blogspot.com/>Early Warning</a><br>

into this:


<a href=http://www.321energy.com/></a><br>
<a href=http://calenergy.blogspot.com/></a><br>
<a href=http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/></a><br>
<a href=http://earlywarn.blogspot.com/></a><br>

I want the values between the /> and </a> tags removed
Seems simple but no online guide seemed to explain it

 

Hi,

Try:

$string='<a href=http://www.321energy.com/>321 Energy</a><br>
<a href=http://calenergy.blogspot.com/>California Energy</a><br>
<a href=http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/>Common Tragedies</a><br>
<a href=http://earlywarn.blogspot.com/>Early Warning</a><br>';
echo preg_replace('#(\<a[^\>]+\>)(.*?)(\</a\>)#misux','$1$3',$string)."\n";

PHP:

Regards

 

it's a matter of using preg_replace with regular expressions (regex) as koko described above. haven't checked their code yet, but it looks right.