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<?php // 1. Identify the block of <a> elements $string = '<div><a href=%http://link1%><img></a><a href=%http://link2%><img></a><a href=%http://link3%><img></a></div>'; $re = '|<div>((<a((?!href)(?!<).)+?href=%([^%]+?)%((?!</a>).)+?</a>){3})</div>|'; $matches = array(); echo('result='.intval(preg_match($re, $string, $matches))."\n"); echo('$matches='); print_r($matches); // 2. Extract the URLs $re = '|<a((?!href)(?!<).)+?href=%([^%]+?)%((?!</a>).)+?</a>|'; preg_match_all($re, $matches[1], $matches); echo('URLs='); print_r($matches[2]);