test_preg_match_all

<?php

preg_match_all("|<
[^>
]+>
(.*)<
/[^>
]+>
|U",
    "<
b>
example: <
/b>
<
div align=left>
this is a test<
/div>
",
    $out, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);

echo $out[0][0] . ", " . $out[0][1] . "\n";

echo $out[1][0] . ", " . $out[1][1] . "\n";

?>