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.

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.