How to extract text between 2 tags in php

Question

I need to locate 2 tags in a lump of text and keep whatever text is between them.

For example if the \"Begin\" tag was -----start----- and the \"End\" t

Answer 1

Try this:

$start = '-----start-----';
$end   = '-----end-----';
$string = 'rtyfbytgyuibg-----start-----isnv4b987b6vdc5y6ughnjmn9b8v76ctyubinn98b76r-----end-----gcgkhjkn';
$output = strstr( substr( $string, strpos( $string, $start) + strlen( $start)), $end, true);
echo $output;

This will print:

isnv4b987b6vdc5y6ughnjmn9b8v76ctyubinn98b76r