How can regular expressions be effectively used to parse text with HTML tags for fpdf formatting?

When parsing text with HTML tags for fpdf formatting, regular expressions can be effectively used to extract and manipulate the necessary content. By using regular expressions to match specific HTML tags and their attributes, you can extract the desired text while ignoring the tags themselves. This allows you to format the extracted text accordingly for fpdf output. 

// Sample code snippet to parse text with HTML tags for fpdf formatting
$html = '<h1>Hello World</h1><p>This is a <strong>sample</strong> text.</p>';

// Remove HTML tags and extract text content
$pattern = '/<[^>]*>/';
$text = preg_replace($pattern, '', $html);

// Format extracted text for fpdf output
$pdf = new FPDF();
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetFont('Arial', '', 12);
$pdf->MultiCell(0, 10, $text);
$pdf->Output();

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