diff --git a/owa_httpRequest.php b/owa_httpRequest.php
index e39c8cb6..a9bab531 100644
--- a/owa_httpRequest.php
+++ b/owa_httpRequest.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class owa_http {
      *
      * @var array
      */
-    var $anchor_info;
+    var $anchor_info = [];
 
     var $http;
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function extract_anchor($link) {
 				// $match[3] = link text	
 		          
 				if ($match[3] && $link === $match[3]  ) {
-            		$this->anchor_info =  array('anchor_tag' => match[0], 'anchor_text' => owa_lib::inputFilter($match[3]));
+            		$this->anchor_info =  array('anchor_tag' => match[0], 'anchor_text' => owa_lib::inputFilter(  owa_sanitize::stripAllTags( $match[3] ) ));
 					owa_coreAPI::debug('Anchor info: '.print_r($this->anchor_info, true));
 				}
 			}