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<?php function getStringsBetween($string, $start, $end) { $pattern = sprintf('/%s(.*?)%s/',preg_quote($start), '(?:' . preg_quote($end) . '|$)'); preg_match_all($pattern, $string, $matches); return $matches[1]; } $y = "@!$+$+$+#+ hsjsjenshsjsjsj#hshsjsj ndjdjjdjdn #sem"; $output = getStringsBetween($y, "#", " "); print_r($output);
Output for 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 - 8.1.34, 8.2.0 - 8.2.30, 8.3.0 - 8.3.30, 8.4.1 - 8.4.18, 8.5.0 - 8.5.3
Array ( [0] => + [1] => hshsjsj [2] => sem )

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