title: Php preg_split for forwardslash?
body: <p>I've some text  that i wish to parse </p>
  
  <pre><code>$str = "text1&lt;br/&gt;text2&lt;br/&gt;text3
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've tried using </p>
  
  <pre><code>     print_r( preg_split("&lt;br/&gt;", $str));
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but it is not giving me the desired output</p>