Regular Expressions 101

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  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression
No Match

/
/
gis

Test String

Substitution

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Generated Code

$re = '/(<Contract)(.*)(Contract>)/is'; $str = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <Records xmlns="http://www.datapump.cig.com"> <Contract phaseId="4" operation="2"> <General> <ContractCode>8848</ContractCode> <DateOfSignature>2009-09-08</DateOfSignature> <CreditPurpose id="20"/> <NegativeStatus id="4"/> <ApplicationDate>2009-09-08</ApplicationDate> <StartDate>2009-09-08</StartDate> <ExpectedEndDate>2011-03-31</ExpectedEndDate> <Subjects> <Subject roleId="1"> <Entity> <Individual gender="1"> <FirstName> <Text language="uk-UA">украинский</Text> </FirstName> <Surname> <Text language="uk-UA">Первый</Text> </Surname> <FathersName> <Text language="uk-UA">контрагент</Text> </FathersName> <Classification id="1"/> <DateOfBirth>1980-12-06</DateOfBirth> <Residency id="1"/> <Citizenship code="UA"/> <MaritalStatus id="2"/> <Identifications> <Identification typeId="2"> <Number>2554209876</Number> </Identification> <Identification typeId="4"> <Number>ВЦ620997</Number> <IssueDate>1997-04-01</IssueDate> <Authority language="uk-UA">Дебальцевский ГОУМВД Украины в Донецкой области</Authority> </Identification> <Identification typeId="1"> <Number>2554209876</Number> </Identification> </Identifications> <Addresses> <Address typeId="2"> <Street> <Text language="uk-UA">м. Kharkov, вул. Street, буд. 1, кв. 1</Text> </Street> </Address> </Addresses> </Individual> </Entity> </Subject> </Subjects> </General> <Type> <Credit paymentPeriodId="9" paymentMethodId="6"> <CreditLimit currency="USD">7800.0</CreditLimit> <Records> <Record accountingDate="2011-04-20"> <CreditUsage id="3"/> <ResidualAmount currency="USD">7800.0</ResidualAmount> <OverdueAmount currency="USD">0.0</OverdueAmount> </Record> </Records> </Credit> </Type> </Contract>'; $subst = ""; $result = preg_replace($re, $subst, $str); echo "The result of the substitution is ".$result;

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for PHP, please visit: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.pcre.php