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<?php $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[1]);

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