Dean, you're being a little stubborn. The matter at hand is this - Let's say that there is more than > <\/b> blah blah blahWithout the ?, it wil match them all.
Now you can either put them OUTSIDE the match to keep the $regml(1) from matching them, or you can simply insert a question mark to stop regex from reading them further.
I hope this gets through your thickheaded mentality.