How to remove extra links in a line?

Question

PHP

Hello.
There is a line of text:

<p>алвоп <a href="#"></a> и <a href="#"><img src="http://" alt=""></a></p>

using regular expressions, I try to remove links
preg_replace('#<a.*>.*</a>#USi', '', $text)
, it removes links, but I need to remove only those links that do not have images inside.
Thank you

Answer 1

Long code, but try to remove <a.*>it </a>separately.

$text = preg_replace('#<a.*>#USi', '', $text);
$text = preg_replace('#</a>#USi', '', $text);