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<?php $string = "<!-- static comment--> <a href='/dir1/dir2/DYNAMIC'> STRING1 STRING2 </a>"; $pattern ="#<a.*?>\s*\n*.*?(\w+)\s*\n*.*?(\w+)#s"; preg_match($pattern, $string, $match); var_dump($match);
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.24 - 5.5.35, 5.6.7 - 5.6.28, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.25, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.27, 8.2.0 - 8.2.17, 8.3.0 - 8.3.4
array(3) { [0]=> string(54) "<a href='/dir1/dir2/DYNAMIC'> STRING1 STRING2" [1]=> string(7) "STRING1" [2]=> string(7) "STRING2" }

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