How to Match Newline Characters in Regular Expressions When Capturing Text Between `` Tags?

Matching Newline Characters in Regular Expressions

In this question, the user aims to capture text between

and

tags. However, the initial regular expression /

(.*)

match failed to match newline characters. To resolve this, the DOTALL` modifier (/s) is needed:

'/<div>(.*)<\/div>/s'

By using this modifier, the dot (.) in the regular expression can match newline characters.

Alternatively, a non-greedy match (.*?) can be used:

'/<div>(.*?)<\/div>/s'

This will ensure that the match stops at the first occurrence of