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<?php $str = "My <b>table</b> in brown <br> Help"; $char = preg_split('#(</?[a-z]+>|[a-z ])#ui', $str, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE | PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY); print_r($char);

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