How to get text is not between html tags and text is between html-CodePudding

I have an issue i have this html:

<strong>this test is strong</strong> this text is out tags

I would like to get something like this: $var1 = this test is strong $var2 = this text is out tags

I tried this:

preg_match('/<strong>(.*?)<\/strong>/s', $toolTipText, $var);

and that return

$var[0] = this test is strong

but i also need to get this text is out tags

Could you please help me?

CodePudding user response：

You can extend the regex with another capturing group to capture anything after the closing </strong> tag.

This would show up in $var[2] because it is the 2nd capturing group () in your regex:

preg_match('/<strong>(.*?)<\/strong>(.*)/s', $toolTipText, $var);

//$var[1] = "<strong>this test is strong</strong>"
//$var[2] = " this text is out tags"

CodePudding user response：

You can use preg_split using your regex (or with \s* added on both ends to trim the items from whitespace) with PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE option:

print_r(preg_split('/\s*<strong>(.*?)<\/strong>\s*/s', $text, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY | PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE));

See the PHP demo.

Some more details from the docs:

PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY
If this flag is set, only non-empty pieces will be returned by preg_split().

PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE
If this flag is set, parenthesized expression in the delimiter pattern will be captured and returned as well.