get everything between and with php [duplicate]

You can use the following:

$regex = '#<\s*?code\b[^>]*>(.*?)</code\b[^>]*>#s';

• \b ensures that a typo (like <codeS>) is not captured.
• The first pattern [^>]* captures the content of a tag with attributes (eg a class).
• Finally, the flag s capture content with newlines.

See the result here : http://lumadis.be/regex/test_regex.php?id=1081