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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * Old Datapath/VITEC articles link to partner sites that no longer exist
+ * (Seobility "Probleme mit externen Links", decision Harry 2026-11-10:
+ * remove the link, keep the text). The anchor is replaced by its text.
+ *
+ * Dry run:  php migrations/unlink_dead_external_20261110.php
+ * Write:    php migrations/unlink_dead_external_20261110.php --apply
+ */
+
+error_reporting(E_ALL);
+ini_set('display_errors', '1');
+
+$apply = in_array('--apply', $argv, true);
+
+$root = null;
+$dir = __DIR__;
+for ($i = 0; $i < 5; $i++) {
+    if (is_file($dir . '/config/system/settings.php')) { $root = $dir; break; }
+    $dir = dirname($dir);
+}
+if ($root === null) { exit("no project root\n"); }
+$settings = require $root . '/config/system/settings.php';
+$db = $settings['DB']['Connections']['Default'];
+$pdo = new PDO(
+    sprintf('mysql:host=%s;port=%s;dbname=%s;charset=utf8mb4', $db['host'] ?? 'localhost', $db['port'] ?? 3306, $db['dbname'] ?? ''),
+    $db['user'] ?? '', $db['password'] ?? '',
+    [PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION, PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC]
+);
+
+echo $apply ? "== APPLY ==\n" : "== DRY RUN (add --apply to write) ==\n";
+$now = time();
+
+$hosts = [
+    'queensawardsmagazine.com',
+    'samminton.com',
+    'eetgroup.com',
+    'broadcast-asia.com',
+    'tecnomultimedia.com',
+    'sentryvideowalls.com',
+    'exertis.co.uk',
+    'infocomm-sea.com',
+    'surveymonkey.co.uk',
+    'exterity.com',
+    'eurekanetwork.org',
+];
+$hostAlt = implode('|', array_map(fn($h) => preg_quote($h, '~'), $hosts));
+// <a ... href="...host..." ...>text</a>  ->  text
+$pattern = '~<a\b[^>]*\bhref="[^"]*(?:' . $hostAlt . ')[^"]*"[^>]*>(.*?)</a>~is';
+$purge = [];
+$total = 0;
+
+foreach (['tx_news_domain_model_news' => 'path_segment', 'tt_content' => 'pid'] as $table => $ref) {
+    $like = implode(' OR ', array_map(fn($h) => "bodytext LIKE '%$h%'", $hosts));
+    foreach ($pdo->query("SELECT uid, $ref AS ref, bodytext FROM $table WHERE deleted = 0 AND ($like)") as $r) {
+        $new = (string)preg_replace_callback($pattern, static function (array $m): string {
+            return $m[1];
+        }, (string)$r['bodytext'], -1, $count);
+        if ($count === 0 || $new === (string)$r['bodytext']) {
+            echo "  $table #{$r['uid']}: Host im Text, aber kein <a>-Tag erkannt (manuell pruefen)\n";
+            continue;
+        }
+        preg_match_all('~https?://[^"\s<]*(?:' . $hostAlt . ')[^"\s<]*~i', (string)$r['bodytext'], $urls);
+        printf("  %s #%-4d (%s): %d Link(s) entfernt: %s\n", $table, $r['uid'], $r['ref'], $count, implode(', ', array_unique($urls[0])));
+        $total += $count;
+        if ($table === 'tx_news_domain_model_news') { $purge[] = '/news/article/' . $r['ref']; }
+        if ($apply) {
+            $pdo->prepare("UPDATE $table SET bodytext = ?, tstamp = ? WHERE uid = ?")->execute([$new, $now, (int)$r['uid']]);
+        }
+    }
+}
+echo "\n$total Link(s) in " . count($purge) . " News" . ($apply ? ' entfernt' : ' wuerden entfernt') . ".\n";
+echo "SSR-Pfade:\n  " . implode("\n  ", $purge) . "\n";