$re = '~\h*<(?!(?:h3|ul|p)\b)([^>]+).*?>[\w\W]*?</\1>\s*~m';
$str = '<h1>This is heading 1</h1>
<h2 style="color: aqua">This is heading 2</h2>
<h3>This is heading 3</h3>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<p>This is another paragraph.</p>
<a href="https://www.w3schools.com">This is a link</a>
<ul>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>';
$subst = "";
$result = preg_replace($re, $subst, $str);
echo "The result of the substitution is ".$result;
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for PHP, please visit: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.pcre.php