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<?php $str = 'thisip4:isatextexample&ineed.thistext&TXT:&andthis.idontneed&txt:&test.thistext&'; if (preg_match_all('~&([^&]*?thistext[^&]*)&~', $str, $m)) { print_r($m[1]); }

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