html - Get values in between specific tag using PHP GetBetween -

i split text in between < li> , < /li> tag contents , display textarea.

my database values saved in following format

<ul>   <li>test1</li>   <li>test2</li>   <li>test3</li>   <li>test3</li> </ul> 

i fetch each value in between < li > , < /li > , display in textarea. (maximum 4 text-areas).

<?php $sql="select * product_name"; $result=mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());         $row = mysql_fetch_array($result);  function getbetween($value1="",$value2="",$dbvalue){ $temp1 = strpos($pool,$value1)+strlen($value1); $result = substr($dbvalue,$temp1,strlen($dbvalue)); $dd=strpos($result,$value2); if($dd == 0){ $dd = strlen($result); }  return substr($result,0,$dd); ?>     <textarea  name="description1"> <?php echo getbetween("<li>","</li>",$row['description']);?> </textarea>  <textarea  name="description2"></textarea> <textarea  name="description3"></textarea> <textarea  name="description4"></textarea> 

in first textarea database values fetching. not know how display 2,3 , 4 each values respective textares.

i expecting following output:

<textarea  name="description1">test1</textarea> <textarea  name="description2">test2</textarea> <textarea  name="description3">test3</textarea> <textarea  name="description4">test4</textarea> 

please me. thanks

i suggest example:

<?php $str = "<ul>   <li>test1</li>   <li>test2</li>   <li>test3</li>   <li>test3</li> </ul>";  preg_match_all('/<li ?.*>(.*)<\/li>/',$str,$matches);  if(!empty($matches[1])){    foreach($matches[1] $key=>$text){       echo '<textarea  name="description'.($key+1).'">'.$text.'</textarea>';    } } }