php - Removing special character from a string -

php - Removing special character from a string -

i want remove special character @ next string

$string="test <a href='/group/profile/1'>@test user</a> test <a href='/group/profile/2'>@user test</a>";

expected output:

<a href='/group/profile/1'>test user</a> test <a href='/group/profile/2'>user test</a>"

here need check each anchor tags in string , need find anchor tags word profile in href , need remove @ link text.if there @ outside anchor tag in string should not removed, @ in anchor tag need removed.

use regular expression:

$string = preg_replace('/(<a href.*profile.*>)@/u', '$1', $string);

mind ungreedy (u) modifier.

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