/**
Returns an array containing each of the sub-strings from text that
are between openingMarker and closingMarker. The text from
openingMarker and closingMarker are not included in the result.
This function does not support nesting of markers.
*/
function returnSubstrings($text, $openingMarker, $closingMarker) {
$openingMarkerLength = strlen($openingMarker);
$closingMarkerLength = strlen($closingMarker);
$result = array();
$position = 0;
while (($position = strpos($text, $openingMarker, $position)) !== false) {
$position += $openingMarkerLength;
if (($closingMarkerPosition = strpos($text, $closingMarker, $position)) !== false) {
$result[] = substr($text, $position, $closingMarkerPosition - $position);
$position = $closingMarkerPosition + $closingMarkerLength;
}
}
return $result;
}
$msg = "This is a string with a url in <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=php&num=100&hl=en&safe=off&start=200&sa=N">http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=php&num=100&hl=en&safe=off&start=200&sa=N</a>"
$urls = returnSubstrings($msg,'">','</a>');
print_r($urls);
// array (
// 0 => 'http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=php&num=100&hl=en&safe=off&start=200&sa=N'
// )
//