foreach ($lines as $line_matchings) {
                // if there is any html-tag in this line, handle it and add it (uncounted) to the output
                if (!empty($line_matchings[1])) {
                    // if it's an "empty element" with or without xhtml-conform closing slash
                    if (\preg_match('/^<(\s*.+?\/\s*|\s*(img|br|input|hr|area|base|basefont|col|frame|isindex|link|meta|param)(\s.+?)?)>$/is', $line_matchings[1])) {