PHP RegEx pattern for repeating within the string

Question

I am trying to make regex for this string :

This is some string <select> this is another string <select var1> another string which can contain special characters <select var2> another variable string <select var1,var2>

I need to select all the strings not in select tag.

Select all string not within <select> tag

Can anyone help ? using PHP preg_match

you should know how to [ask a good question](https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask) — Mohammad, May 12 '17 at 13:28
@Mohammad: Yes, I posted this question after 3 hours of searching. — Riyo, May 12 '17 at 14:12
@Carlos : I tried (.*)/(.*) , it works fine on single instance of select tag but on multiple instance it is not returning anything. Thanks for helping out. — Riyo, May 12 '17 at 14:13

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 12 '17 at 13:30

by using preg_split:

$str = 'This is some string <select> this is another string <select var1> another string which can contain special characters <select var2> another variable string <select var1,var2>';

$arr = preg_split('/\<.*?\>/',$str);
print_r($arr);

PHP RegEx pattern for repeating within the string

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