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PHP: find a string between two strings 

jinx
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April 10, 2011 15:56:07    Last update: April 10, 2011 15:56:07
This is a utility function to find a string between two other strings, such as the text between the <title> tags in an HTML header. 
<?php
$s = '<html><head><title>Find it!</title></head><BODY>It works!</boDy></html>';

echo find_between($s, '<title>', '<//title>'), "\n";
echo find_between($s, '<title>', '</title>'), "\n";
echo find_tag_content($s, 'body'), "\n";

function find_between($s, $str1, $str2, $ignore_case = false) {
    $func = $ignore_case ? stripos : strpos;
    $start = $func($s, $str1);
    if ($start === false) {
	return '';
    }

    $start += strlen($str1);
    $end = $func($s, $str2, $start); 
    if ($end === false) {
	return '';
    }

    return substr($s, $start, $end - $start);
}

function find_tag_content($s, $tag) {
    return find_between($s, "<$tag>", "</$tag>", true);
}
?>
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