function extractstring($str, $start, $end) { $pos_start = strpos($str, $start); $pos_end = strpos($str, $end, ($pos_start + strlen($start))); if ( ($pos_start !== false) && ($pos_end !== false) ) { $pos1 = $pos_start + strlen($start); $pos2 = $pos_end - $pos1; return substr($str, $pos1, $pos2); } }