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<?php $string = <<<STR <span>Span 1</span> <div>DIV 1</div><div class="text">DIV 2</div> <span> Span 2 </span> <div class="apache">DIV 3</div> <span> Span 3 </span> <span> Span 4 </span> STR; $string = preg_replace("/<span[^>]*>.*?<\/span>/is","",$string); echo $string;
Output for 5.6.0 - 5.6.40, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.34, 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
<div>DIV 1</div><div class="text">DIV 2</div> <div class="apache">DIV 3</div>

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