Remove Tags from string, Stored from ckeditor
<p>I'm trying to echo value in PHP, which is stored in database using ckeditor, the value stored in database is something like</p>

<pre><code>&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;sample text&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
</code></pre>

<p>now im printing value using</p>

<pre><code>&lt;?php echo $row[0]-&gt;content; ?&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>but the output I'm getting is</p>

<pre><code>&lt;p&gt;sample text&lt;/p&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>how to remove <strong>p</strong> tags from string?</p>