PHP explode string by html tag

Question

Suppose string $a holds

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Sed ut diam nisi.
Ut v         


        

Answer 1

]*>(.*?)<\/p>/is', $a, $matches);
for ($i = 0; $i < $count; ++$i) {
    $ps[] = $matches[0][$i];
}

That could be one way. Or you could use a loop with strpos