<?php
$string = <<< LOL
some text with image1 and another
part of that contains image2
yet another image3
LOL;
preg_match_all('/(image\d+)/i', $string, $matches, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER
); for ($i = 0; $i < count($matches[1]); $i++) { echo $matches[1][$i]."\n";
}
PD9waHAKCiRzdHJpbmcgPSA8PDwgTE9MCnNvbWUgdGV4dCB3aXRoIGltYWdlMSBhbmQgYW5vdGhlcgpwYXJ0IG9mIHRoYXQgY29udGFpbnMgaW1hZ2UyCnlldCBhbm90aGVyIGltYWdlMwpMT0w7CgoKcHJlZ19tYXRjaF9hbGwoJy8oaW1hZ2VcZCspL2knLCAkc3RyaW5nLCAkbWF0Y2hlcywgUFJFR19QQVRURVJOX09SREVSKTsKZm9yICgkaSA9IDA7ICRpIDwgY291bnQoJG1hdGNoZXNbMV0pOyAkaSsrKSB7CgllY2hvICRtYXRjaGVzWzFdWyRpXS4iXG4iOwp9Cg==