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  1. <?php
  2.  
  3. function pr($array_to_output)
  4. {
  5.     print '<pre>';
  6.     print_r($array_to_output);
  7.     print '</pre>';
  8. }
  9.  
  10. function getTextBetweenTags($string, $tagsname)
  11. {
  12. 	$tagsname = explode(',',$tagsname);
  13. 	foreach ($tagsname as $tagname)
  14. 	{
  15. 		$pattern = '/<'.$tagname.'>.*?<\/'.$tagname.'>/is';
  16. 		preg_match_all($pattern, $string, $matches);
  17. 		$results[] = $matches;
  18. 	}
  19. 	return $results;
  20. }
  21.  
  22. $string = 'The <b>quick brown</b> fox jumps <strong>over</strong> the lazy dog \
  23.            The <b>quick black</b> fox jumps over the <span>lazy</span> dog \
  24.            The <b>quick white</b> fox jumps over the lazy dog';
  25. $text = getTextBetweenTags($string, "b,strong,span");
  26.  
  27. pr($text);
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 20520KB
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stdin 
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stdout 
<pre>Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [0] => <b>quick brown</b>
                    [1] => <b>quick black</b>
                    [2] => <b>quick white</b>
                )

        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [0] => <strong>over</strong>
                )

        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [0] => <span>lazy</span>
                )

        )

)
</pre>
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language:
PHP (php 7.3.5)
created:
11 years ago
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