Better than strpbrk() ?

[loicdudu]

Hi,

I am currently looking for a way to get part of a string between two sets of characters.

Here is an example of a string:

$string = "This is not some part of the string I want {characters1} This is the text I want to return {_characters2} This is not what I want";

 

How do I say : Return the part of the string between {characters1} and {_characters2} ?

echo $the_part_of_the_string_i_want;

 

strpbrk() seems to only allow me a starting set of characters and then returns everything up to the end of the string, which is not something I want.

 

Thanks for your help. 

 

loic