Regex Help with -> ?

I have a string something like -> <[TIT2]> ABC <[TPE1]> GHI <[TALB]> XYZ Im applying a regex as such -> // Title/Songname/Content preg_match('/<\[TIT2\]>(.*?)(<\[)?/', $foo, $match); $title = trim( $match[1] ); The above regex doesn't work. At the end of the pattern Im using (<\[)? The pattern may or may not end with <[ For example searching for -> <[TALB]> XYZ The string, is *NOT* expected to hold a certain order as how it is retrieved. How does one go about to fix up this regex? Thanks