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  1. <?php
  2.  
  3. $text = 'something/aaa/9321/something';
  4. $first = preg_quote('aaa/', '/');
  5. $after = preg_quote('/', '/');
  6. preg_match("/$first(.*)$after/s",$text,$result);
  7. echo $result[1];
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 20568KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
9321
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language:
PHP (php 7.3.5)
created:
12 years ago
visibility:
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