PHP preg_match with html tags

Question

I'm trying to exctract some string inside a pattern.

the string is

<br /><br /><br />Text i want here
<br /></div>

i want the: "Text i want here"

My attemp was

preg_match('!<br /><br /><br />(.*?)<br /></div>!xi', $homepage, $matches);

But failed.

**I use the x because may between
they have some white space or \n.

<br />
<br />
<br />Text u want here
<br /></div>

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– Madara's Ghost, Commented Oct 6, 2012 at 9:15

Muthu Kumaran · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-06 08:50:52Z

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use strip_tags("<br /><br /><br />Text i want here<br /></div>").

strip_tags will strip all HTML and PHP tags from a string.

answered Oct 6, 2012 at 8:50

Muthu Kumaran

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Michal Trojanowski Over a year ago

If you want to stick to regular expressions though you would need to take into consideration that your original string is multiline and that is why it's not matched. You should try using the s modifier and allow for matching newline characters between tags (e.g. !<br />.*<br />.*<br />(.*)<br />.*</div>!s will do)

Dark Knight Over a year ago

@Muthu Kumaran This is a full html doc so i cant just strip the tags because i want a specific part on the whole html :).

Dark Knight Over a year ago

@ Michal Trojanowski I try that but still nothing. :/

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