regex - get everything between <tag> and </tag> with php

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You can use the following:

$regex = '#<s*?code[^>]*>(.*?)</code[^>]*>#s';

• ensures that a typo (like <codeS>) is not captured.
• The first pattern [^>]* captures the content of a tag with attributes (eg a class).
• Finally, the flag s capture content with newlines.

See the result here : http://lumadis.be/regex/test_regex.php?id=1081