<?php
$str = 'This is a text with multiple anchor tags. This is the first one: <a class="funky-style" href="https://www.link1.com/" title="Link 1">Link 1</a> and this one the second: <a href="https://www.link2.com/" title="Link 2">Link 2</a> after that a lot of other text. And here the 3rd one: <a href="https://www.link3.com/" title="Link 3">Link 3</a> Some other text.';
$pos = strpos($str, '<a');
While($pos !== false){
$str = substr($str, 0, $pos) . substr($str, strpos($str, 'href="', $pos)+6);
$str = substr($str, 0, strpos($str,'"', $pos)) . substr($str, strpos($str, '</a>', $pos)+4);
$pos = strpos($str, '<a');
}
Echo $str;
This is a text with multiple anchor tags. This is the first one: https://www.link1.com/ and this one the second: https://www.link2.com/ after that a lot of other text. And here the 3rd one: https://www.link3.com/ Some other text.