Html links to plain text in PHP

html-links-to-plain.php

<?php
function htmlLinksToPlainText(string $html): string{ 
  $htmlDom = new \DOMDocument;
  @$htmlDom->loadHTML('<?xml encoding="utf-8" ?>'.$html);

  $links = $htmlDom->getElementsByTagName('a');
  
  foreach($links as $link){
    $linkHtml = $htmlDom->saveHTML($link);
    $linkText = $link->nodeValue;
    $linkHref = $link->getAttribute('href');
    $html = str_replace($linkHtml, $linkText.' ('.$linkHref.') ', $html);
  }
  
  return $html;
}