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<?php $textarea = '<div class="dotted-highlight">The cover letter should include: <div class="dotted-highlight"><ul>'; $replacing_to = '((<div class="dotted-highlight">)([^<\n]*)\s?).*?\2.*?<ul>'; $replacing_with = '$3<ul>'; $textarea = preg_replace('#'.$replacing_to.'#', $replacing_with, $textarea); var_dump($textarea);