wp_kses_split

Searches for HTML tags, no matter how malformed.

It also matches stray `>` characters.

function wp_kses_split( $string, $allowed_html, $allowed_protocols ) {
	global $pass_allowed_html, $pass_allowed_protocols;

	$pass_allowed_html      = $allowed_html;
	$pass_allowed_protocols = $allowed_protocols;

	return preg_replace_callback( '%(<!--.*?(-->|$))|(<[^>]*(>|$)|>)%', '_wp_kses_split_callback', $string );
}