- preg_match_all: documentation ( source)
<?php
preg_match_all("|<[^>]+>(.*)</[^>]+>|U",
"[b]example: [/b][div align=left]this is a test[/div]",
$out, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);
echo $out[0][0].", ".$out[0][1]."\n";
echo $out[1][0].", ".$out[1][1]."\n";
?>