Extract <a> from string

[fraser5002]

Hi i have a string which contains some text and 2 links for example. 

 

How could i extract all the string minus one of the links

 

eg  $textstring = "some text before <a href="testpage.php"> <img src="image1.jpg" /></a> <a href="testpage2.php"> <img src="image2.jpg" /></a> some text after "

 

 

i would like to make a create a new string which contains all this text minus the first link

 

$newstring = "some text before <a href="testpage2.php"> <img src="image2.jpg" /></a> some text after "

 

 

any ideas?

[Psycho]

If it is ALWAYS the first link then you could do this

$newstring = preg_replace("#<a[^>]*>.*?<\/a>#", '', $textstring, 1);

[fraser5002]

hi thanks the the reply it nearly works for me but i run into a problem when the <a is not separated by a space from the characters before it

 

i.e sometext<a href="blabla.php"> link1</a>

 

it does not seem to be able to pick up that first <a> tag and im assuming its because there is no space between the text and the start of the <a

 

is this right?

 

Thanks

Fraser

[dcro2]

I don't think that's the problem. Maybe you should post the real string that fails.