How can I remove a link from php

@Sinnbeck hi I have updated the question. I want to remove any link with "https://opportunitydesk.org/" but keep other urls. Check the updated question.

@isaacongoma something like

$replaced = preg_replace('/("https:\/\/opportunitydesk\.org[\/a-zA-Z0-9-]+")/', '"#"', $string);

@Sinnbeck sure, lemme try am giving you a feedback shortly

@Sinnbeck Hi, am currently getting this which is still okay but is it possible to remove the "a" tag associated with the url with the "href" too but still keep the text in it?

<p>Applications for the <a href="#">Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Music 2022-2023</a> are now open.

@isaacongoma Something like

$replaced = preg_replace('/(<a.*https:\/\/opportunitydesk\.org.*<\/a>)/', '', $string);

@Sinnbeck Thanks, though the text in the "a" tag got removed too. Is it possible to retain the text? Here is the ouput

<p>Applications for the  are now open. The Profeta Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) program provides training, access, and support to black, indigenous, and people of color who are interested in becoming high-tech, high-growth entrepreneurs.</p>

@isaacongoma

$replaced = preg_replace('/(<a.*https:\/\/opportunitydesk\.org.*>(.*)<\/a>)/', '$2', $string);

@Sinnbeck Thanks for your help Sir.

@isaacongoma Happy to help. How it worked as expected. If it did, please mark best answer

@Sinnbeck Note that this will do a greedy search, so sequential links will get borked; e.g., if you have this input string:

<p>Applications <a href="/someotherlink">are open</a> for the <a href="https://opportunitydesk.org/2022/03/16/marilyn-stafford-fotoreportage-award-2022/">Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award 2022</a>.  The Award, facilitated by FotoDocument and supported by Nikon, is granted annually to a professional women photographer towards the completion of a compelling and cohesive documentary photo essay which addresses an important social, environmental, economic or cultural issue, whether local or global.</p>

Then the output will be this:

Applications Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award 2022. The Award, facilitated by FotoDocument and supported by Nikon, is granted annually to a professional women photographer towards the completion of a compelling and cohesive documentary photo essay which addresses an important social, environmental, economic or cultural issue, whether local or global.

Note the beginning, which should say “applications are open for the Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award 2022.

Making it non-greedy should fix that, but PHPTester seems to be stripping some characters when I try, and I can’t be bothered making a proper test case, so this workaround should work as well:

$replaced = preg_replace('/(<a[^>]*https:\/\/opportunitydesk\.org.*>(.*)<\/a>)/', '', $string);

That is, changing a.*https (“a, followed by any character any number of times, followed by https”) to a[^>]*https (“a, followed by any character that’s not > any number of times, followed by https”).

@kokoshneta Good point. Was just quickly thrown together and only tested on the posted example :)

@kokoshneta thanks so much for the input.

@Snapey hi, the url differs in different articles, so I wanted to target any url with "https://opportunitydesk.org/" and strip it off

@rajeshtva thanks for your help.