/**
* Gets plain text for a given text
*
* @return	string
* @param	string $text
* @param	bool[optional] $includeAHrefs
* @param	bool[optional] $includeImgAlts
*/
function getPlainText($text, $includeAHrefs = false, $includeImgAlts = false)
{
	// replace break rules with a new line and make sure a paragraph also ends with a new line
	$text = str_replace('<br />', PHP_EOL, $text);
	$text = str_replace('</p>', '</p>'. PHP_EOL, $text);

	// remove tabs
	$text = str_replace("\t", '', $text);

	// remove the head- and style-tags and all their contents
	$text = preg_replace('|\<head.*\>(.*\n*)\</head\>|isU', '', $text);
	$text = preg_replace('|\<style.*\>(.*\n*)\</style\>|isU', '', $text);

	// replace links with the inner html of the link with the url between ()
	// eg.: <a href="http://site.domain.com">My site</a> => My site (http://site.domain.com)
	if($includeAHrefs) $text = preg_replace('|<a.*href="(.*)".*>(.*)</a>|isU', '$2 ($1)', $text);

	// replace images with their alternative content
	// eg. <img src="path/to/the/image.jpg" alt="My image" /> => My image
	if($includeImgAlts) $text = preg_replace('|\<img[^>]*alt="(.*)".*/\>|isU', '$1', $text);

	// strip tags
	$text = strip_tags($text);

	// replace 'line feed' characters with a 'line feed carriage return'-pair
	$text = str_replace("\n", "\n\r", $text);

	// replace double, triple, ... line feeds to one new line
	$text = preg_replace('/(\n\r)+/', PHP_EOL, $text);

	// decode html entities
	$text = SpoonFilter::htmlentitiesDecode($text);

	// return the plain text
	return $text;
}