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<?php function get_between($input, $start, $end) { $temp = explode($start, $input); $result_array = array(); $inc = 0; foreach($temp as $a_start_match) { if (strlen($end <= strlen($a_start_match))) { if(substr($a_start_match, -strlen($end)) === $end) { $result_array[$inc]=$a_start_match; ++$inc; } } } return $result_array; } $the_string = "some string here string_1--------string2 some string here string_1--------string2 some string here string_1--------string2"; $a = "string_1"; $b = "string2"; print_R (get_between($the_string,$a,$b));