Remove <a> tag using php and leave only <td> text

Question

I am using Phpmailer to send emails, but in the body of the email there is a field (address) that is coming as a link (for maps) to the recipient.

I’ve used strip_tags() but it hasn’t solved. Locally it works, but when testo online it doesn’t work.

Code:

 $end = $_POST['endereco'];
 $enderecoFormatado= strip_tags($end, '<a>');

 $corpo = "<h1><table>       
    <tr>
      <td>Endereco: </td>
      <td>
        $enderecoFormatado
      </td>
    </tr>        
  </table>";


 $corpo = utf8_decode($corpo);
 $mail->msgHTML($corpo);

Answer 1

In general there is no way to avoid this, because the email client automatically adds links when it finds valid Urls in the message body.

However, there is a trick that cheat system and does not add links. Just put addresses (Urls) between tags <a></a> (without href or anything, just <a>). Example:

<a>http://www.site.com</a>

Even works with email addresses:

<a>[email protected]</a>

Obs.: Tested on Gmail and Hotmail successfully.