Regex select all text between tags

Question

What is the best way to select all the text between 2 tags - ex: the text between all the 'pre' tags on the page.

Answer 1

preg_match_all(/<pre>([^>]*?)<\/pre>/,$content,$matches) this regex will select everyting between tag. no matter is it in new line(work with multiline.

Answer 2

var str = "Lorem ipsum <pre>text 1</pre> Lorem ipsum <pre>text 2</pre>";
    str.replace(/<pre>(.*?)<\/pre>/g, function(match, g1) { console.log(g1); });

Since accepted answer is without javascript code, so adding that: