+/**
+ * Separate HTML elements and comments from the text.
+ *
+ * @since 4.2.4
+ *
+ * @param string $input The text which has to be formatted.
+ * @return array The formatted text.
+ */
+function wp_html_split( $input ) {
+ static $regex;
+
+ if ( ! isset( $regex ) ) {
+ $comments =
+ '!' // Start of comment, after the <.
+ . '(?:' // Unroll the loop: Consume everything until --> is found.
+ . '-(?!->)' // Dash not followed by end of comment.
+ . '[^\-]*+' // Consume non-dashes.
+ . ')*+' // Loop possessively.
+ . '(?:-->)?'; // End of comment. If not found, match all input.
+
+ $cdata =
+ '!\[CDATA\[' // Start of comment, after the <.
+ . '[^\]]*+' // Consume non-].
+ . '(?:' // Unroll the loop: Consume everything until ]]> is found.
+ . '](?!]>)' // One ] not followed by end of comment.
+ . '[^\]]*+' // Consume non-].
+ . ')*+' // Loop possessively.
+ . '(?:]]>)?'; // End of comment. If not found, match all input.
+
+ $regex =
+ '/(' // Capture the entire match.
+ . '<' // Find start of element.
+ . '(?(?=!--)' // Is this a comment?
+ . $comments // Find end of comment.
+ . '|'
+ . '(?(?=!\[CDATA\[)' // Is this a comment?
+ . $cdata // Find end of comment.
+ . '|'
+ . '[^>]*>?' // Find end of element. If not found, match all input.
+ . ')'
+ . ')'
+ . ')/s';
+ }
+
+ return preg_split( $regex, $input, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE );
+}
+