PHP – How do I get `<?php the_content(); ?>` as a string or turn it into a string

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I use a lot the function: 

get_search_query()

To get the value returned from searches and to be able to modify and use the string.

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I need to know a function to get <?php the_content(); ?> as a string or how to turn what that function returns into a string.

The content is just a simple word with paragraph tags but using that function I also get the tags, I want to get just the text so I can add it to a hyperlink.

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  3. Don’t know WP, but the implied naming convention would suggest get_the_content(). Additional googling reveals a variation get_the_content_with_formatting

    An alternative would be however to wrap the_content() into ob_start() and ob_get_contents()+ob_end(). The latter returns any print output made until then.

  5. $the_post = get_post();
$the_post->post_content;

    Full list of things you can get using this method:

    [ID] =>
    [post_author] =>
    [post_date] => 
    [post_date_gmt] => 
    [post_content] => 
    [post_title] => 
    [post_excerpt] => 
    [post_status] =>
    [comment_status] =>
    [ping_status] => 
    [post_password] => 
    [post_name] =>
    [to_ping] => 
    [pinged] => 
    [post_modified] => 
    [post_modified_gmt] =>
    [post_content_filtered] => 
    [post_parent] => 
    [guid] => 
    [menu_order] =>
    [post_type] =>
    [post_mime_type] => 
    [comment_count] =>
    [filter] =>