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<?php
function getTextBetweenTags($tag, $html){
    $dom = new domDocument;
    $dom->loadXML($html);
    $dom->preserveWhiteSpace = false;
    $content = $dom->getElementsByTagname($tag);
    $out = array();
    foreach ($content as $item){
        $out[] = $item->nodeValue;
    }
    return $out;
}
$html = '<html>
<body>
<para>1</para>
<para>2</para>
</body>
</html>';

$content = getTextBetweenTags( 'para',$html);
foreach($content as $item ){
    echo $item.'<br>';
}
?>