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PHP : What is the best way to fetch string coming between some palceholder
$msg    =   '> **
>   <#1371620c479a4e98_>  Chauffeure -Emails  driver_age:72
> driver_nationality:IN
> driver_languages:French,
> driver_name:Rinto George
> driver_mobilenumber:9747 161861
> driver_email:rinto@example.com[reply]I am a principal yes , I know
> you[reply]  Fragen oder Hilfe benotigt?
> 089-38168530 Secure Transmission of Sensitive Data by SSL
>';

preg_match_all("/[reply](.*)[reply]/", $msg, $reply);
print_r($reply)

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => [reply]I am a principal yes , I know
            [1] => [reply]  Fragen oder Hilfe benotigt?
        )

)

<?php

$text = "[reply] something [reply] bla bla bla [reply] something else [reply]";

$matches = array();
$lastMatch = 0;
$matchCount = 0;

$search = "[reply]";

while(true) {
    $thisMatch = strpos($text, $search, $lastMatch+1);
    if($thisMatch === FALSE)
        break;
    if(++$matchCount % 2 == 0)
    {
        $lastMatch = $thisMatch;
        continue;
    }
    //print substr($text, $lastMatch + strlen($search), $thisMatch - $lastMatch - strlen($search)) . "n";
    array_push($matches, substr($text, $lastMatch + strlen($search), $thisMatch - $lastMatch - strlen($search)));
    $lastMatch = $thisMatch;
}

print_r($matches);

?>

[mqudsi@iqudsi:~/Desktop]$ php reply.php
Array
(
    [0] =>  something
    [1] =>  something else
)

$text = "[reply] something [/reply] bla bla bla [reply] something else [/reply]";

$matches = array();
$end = -1;

while(true) {
    $start = strpos($text, "[reply]", $end+1);
    $end = strpos($text, "[/reply]", $start+1);
    if($start === FALSE || $end === FALSE)
        break;

    array_push($matches, substr($text, $start + strlen("[reply]"), $end - $start - strlen("[reply]")));
    $lastMatch = $thisMatch;
}

"~[reply](.*?)[/reply]~is"