Need help with php preg_split()

I have a string which contains a bunch of html. I want to be able to put different element contents into different arrays. For example I would like all of the contents within each <li></li> element to be put into an array.

This is part of the code so far:
$desc is the full string

$listItems = preg_split("<li>",$desc, -1 , PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);

Code (markup):

 

I believe preg_match_all would beter suit your needs.

 

Maybe, but it is the reg expression that I need to use which I'm getting confused with.

 

The below regex should do what you want.

$string = "<li>some stuff, and stuff</li>
<li>some more stuff</li>";
preg_match_all("/<li>(.*?)<\/li>/",$string,$stuff);
print_r($stuff);

It creates an array that looks like this:

Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[0] => <li>some stuff, and stuff</li>
[1] => <li>some more stuff</li>
)

[1] => Array
(
[0] => some stuff, and stuff
[1] => some more stuff
)

)

 

Thanks v much superdav42. Just what I needed.

 

i've never tried this but if i was gonna do what you're trying to do, i'd look into this: http://simplehtmldom.sourceforge.net/manual.htm