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<?php $re = '/^#%META((?>\R(?!#%(?:META|ENDS)$).*)+)\R#%ENDS$/m'; $str = '#%META # date: 2022-08-27 # generated-by: Me # id: 1 #%ENDS #%BODY .... #%ENDS #%META # date: 2022-08-27 # generated-by: Another Me # id: 2 #%ENDS #%BODY .... #%ENDS'; if (preg_match_all($re, $str, $matches)) { $result = array_map(function ($s) { return preg_replace("/^#\h*/m", "", trim($s)); }, $matches[1]); var_export($result); }
Output for 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.1 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.7
array ( 0 => 'date: 2022-08-27 generated-by: Me id: 1', 1 => 'date: 2022-08-27 generated-by: Another Me id: 2', )
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