php preg math,PHP: preg_match_all - Manual

// Here is function that allows you to preg_match_all array of patters

function getMatches($pattern, $subject) {

$matches = array();

if (is_array($pattern)) {

foreach ($pattern as $p) {

$m = getMatches($p, $subject);

foreach ($m as $key => $match) {

if (isset($matches[$key])) {

$matches[$key] = array_merge($matches[$key], $m[$key]);

} else {

$matches[$key] = $m[$key];

}

}

}

} else {

preg_match_all($pattern, $subject, $matches);

}

return $matches;

}

$patterns = array(

'/(.*?)/',

'/(.*?)/'

);

$html = 'some text';

$html .= 'some text in another span';

$html .= 'here is the link';

$html .= '

address is here

';

$html .= 'here is one more span';

$matches = getMatches($patterns, $html);

print_r($matches); // result is below

/*

Array

(

[0] => Array

(

[0] => some text

[1] => some text in another span

[2] => here is one more span

[3] => here is the link

)

[1] => Array

(

[0] => some text

[1] => some text in another span

[2] => here is one more span

[3] => here is the link

)

)

*/