[WordPress Snippet] Get first image from content

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function get_first_image_from_content($content) {
$first_img = '';
ob_start();
ob_end_clean();
$output = preg_match_all('//i', $content, $matches);
$first_img = $matches [1] [0];

if(empty($first_img)) {
$first_img = get_template_directory_uri() . "/images/default.jpg";
}

return $first_img;
}