[Solved] php preg_replace all the link with #

Question

<?php
$old = '<a href="#next">flow to the next</a> ';
$new = preg_replace('/(<a href="\#.*?">)(.*?)<\/a>/is', '$2', $old); 
echo $new;

Accepted Answer

<?php
$old = '<a href="#next">flow to the next</a> ';
$new = preg_replace('/(<a href="\#.*?">)(.*?)<\/a>/is', '$2', $old); 
echo $new;