PHP Explode Get String Between Two Variables

function imnobby_custom_explode($from_1, $from_2, $output){
 
 $value_1 = explode($from_1, $output);
 $value_2 = explode($from_2, $value_1[1]);
 $tmphtml = $value_2[0];
 
 return $tmphtml;
 
}

// $output = imnobby_custom_explode("from text", "to text", "this will get the text between the from text and to text");