Description:
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If I have string
<a HREF="linkhere"><font>texthere</a></font>
I can extract the text 'linkhere' and 'texthere' with
preg_match_all("/<a.*href=\"(.*)\".*><.*>(.*)<\/a>/iU", $line, $matches);

But if the string is
<a HREF="linkhere"><font><b>texthere</a></b></font>
preg_match_all("/<a.*href=\"(.*)\".*>(?:<.*>)*(.*)<\/a>/iU", $line, $matches);

doesnt work. It matches for "<font><b>texthere"
I am trying to exclude <font><b> by matching repeatedly by
(?:<.*>)* before the actual text I need.

You can check out my php configuration from
http://www.ispro.net/temp/phpinfo.php

Reproduce code:
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<?
  $line = '<a HREF="linkhere"><font><b>texthere</a></b></font>';

  preg_match_all("/<a.*href=\"(.*)\".*>(?:<.*>)*(.*)<\/a>/iU", $line, $matches);

  print_r($matches);

?>

Expected result:
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Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => <a HREF="linkhere"><font><b>texthere</a>
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => linkhere
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [0] => texthere
        )

)

Actual result:
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Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => <a HREF="linkhere"><font><b>texthere</a>
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => linkhere
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [0] => <font><b>texthere
        )

)