Get all matches from string that start with and end, using php

Question

How would I use PHP to extract everything in between [startstring] and [endstring] from this string:

[startstring]hello = guys[ends         


        

Answer 1

Try with preg_match_all:

preg_match_all('/\[startstring\](.*?)\[endstring\]/', $input, $matches);
var_dump($matches);