<?php
$text= '<p>test paragraph.</p><a href="index.php">Click link</a><p>test paragraph.</p><a href="index.php">Click link</a><p>test paragraph.</p>';
$pos = strpos($text, "<a href"); // find first a href
while($pos !== false){ // loop until there is no more a href
$pos2 = strpos($text, "</a>", $pos)+4; // find the end tag of the a
$text = substr($text, 0, $pos) . substr($text, $pos2); // remove the tag and link text
$pos = strpos($text, "<a href"); // find the next. If none is found "false" is returned meaning while ends.
}
echo strip_tags($text); // strip away other tags.
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test paragraph.test paragraph.test paragraph.