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<tag1[^>]*>(.*?)<\/tag1>
/
<tag1
matches the characters <tag1 literally (case sensitive)
Match a single character not present in the list below
[^>]
* matches the previous token between zero and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
> matches the character > with index 6210 (3E16 or 768) literally (case sensitive)
> matches the character > with index 6210 (3E16 or 768) literally (case sensitive)
1st Capturing Group
(.*?)
.
matches any character (except for line terminators)
*? matches the previous token between zero and unlimited times, as few times as possible, expanding as needed (lazy)
< matches the character < with index 6010 (3C16 or 748) literally (case sensitive)
\/ matches the character / with index 4710 (2F16 or 578) literally (case sensitive)
tag1>
matches the characters tag1> literally (case sensitive)
Your regular expression does not match the subject string.Try launching the debugger to find out why.

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For a full regex reference for PHP, please visit: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.pcre.php

Regular Expressions 101

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