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abcd~vnisdufhisduafjsdlknsdi//xyz
lsdnfsald~sldfjsoidfjsiodfjsoidjfsdij//uiuiiu


i want to retrive data from this lines into ~ to //. before ~ & after // words & number of words are unknown.

[UnrealEd]

use preg_match:

PHP Code:

preg_match('/~(\w)+\/\//', $my_text, $matches);

echo "<pre>";

print_r($matches);

echo "</pre>"; 

this will output an array with all the matches

You could also use strpos and substr

UnrealEd