note 64213 added to function.preg-replace

Here recently I needed a way to replace links (<a href="blah.com/blah.php">Blah</a>) with their anchor text, in this case Blah. It might seem simple enough for some..or most, but at the benefit of helping others: <?php $value = '<a href="http://www.domain.com/123.html">123</a>'; echo preg_replace('/<a href="(.*?)">(.*?)<\\/a>/i', '$2', $value); //Output // 123 ?> ---- Server IP: 216.194.113.175 Probable Submitter: 65.81.211.32 ---- X-Spam-Status: No, hits=4.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER, HTML_30_40,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.64 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/note/edit/64213 Del: integrated -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64213/integrated Del: useless -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64213/useless Del: bad code -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64213/bad+code Del: spam -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64213/spam Del: non-english -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64213/non-english Del: in docs -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64213/in+docs Del: other reasons-- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64213 Reject -- http://master.php.net/note/reject/64213 Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php