From e9296a3b978b9082c9d2e512fbd6e0b5f4a7daa1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Teeman <brian@teeman.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 14:05:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [5.2] mod articles (#44475)

---
 modules/mod_articles/src/Helper/ArticlesHelper.php | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/mod_articles/src/Helper/ArticlesHelper.php b/modules/mod_articles/src/Helper/ArticlesHelper.php
index fa2366f47b08e..4f551cffaeb74 100644
--- a/modules/mod_articles/src/Helper/ArticlesHelper.php
+++ b/modules/mod_articles/src/Helper/ArticlesHelper.php
@@ -383,7 +383,8 @@ public function getArticles(Registry $params, SiteApplication $app)
 
                 // Remove any images belongs to the text
                 if (!$params->get('image')) {
-                    $item->displayIntrotext = preg_replace('/<img[^>]*>/', '', $item->displayIntrotext);
+                    // Remove any images and empty links from the intro text
+                    $item->displayIntrotext = preg_replace(['/\\<img[^>]*>/', '/<a[^>]*><\\/a>/'], '', $item->displayIntrotext);
                 }
 
                 if ($introtext_limit != 0) {