regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

1st Alternative\b(?:(?:https?|ftp|file):\/\/|(www|ftp)\.)[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|$!:,.;]*[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|$]

\ban ASCII word boundary

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:https?|ftp|file):\/\/|(www|ftp)\.)

1st Alternative(?:https?|ftp|file):\/\/

Non-Capturing Group(?:https?|ftp|file)

1st Alternativehttps?

httpthe literal text http (case insensitive)

s?optionally matches the literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case insensitive)

2nd Alternativeftp

ftpthe literal text ftp (case insensitive)

3rd Alternativefile

filethe literal text file (case insensitive)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

2nd Alternative(www|ftp)\.

Group 1(www|ftp)

1st Alternativewww

wwwthe literal text www (case insensitive)

2nd Alternativeftp

ftpthe literal text ftp (case insensitive)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Character Class[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|$!:,.;]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case insensitive)

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

%the literal % (37₁₀ / 45₈ / 25₁₆)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

~the literal ~ (126₁₀ / 176₈ / 7E₁₆)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

Character Class[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|$]

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case insensitive)

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

%the literal % (37₁₀ / 45₈ / 25₁₆)

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

~the literal ~ (126₁₀ / 176₈ / 7E₁₆)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

2nd Alternative"(?:(?:https?|ftp|file):\/\/|(www|ftp)\.)[^"\r\n]+"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:https?|ftp|file):\/\/|(www|ftp)\.)

1st Alternative(?:https?|ftp|file):\/\/

Non-Capturing Group(?:https?|ftp|file)

1st Alternativehttps?

httpthe literal text http (case insensitive)

s?optionally matches the literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case insensitive)

2nd Alternativeftp

ftpthe literal text ftp (case insensitive)

3rd Alternativefile

filethe literal text file (case insensitive)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

2nd Alternative(www|ftp)\.

Group 2(www|ftp)

1st Alternativewww

wwwthe literal text www (case insensitive)

2nd Alternativeftp

ftpthe literal text ftp (case insensitive)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^"\r\n]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

3rd Alternative"(?:(?:https?|ftp|file):\/\/|(www|ftp)\.)[^"\r\n]+"

4th Alternative'(?:(?:https?|ftp|file):\/\/|(www|ftp)\.)[^'\r\n]+'

Global pattern flags

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

s modifier: single line. Allows a dot to match line terminators

25 tokens

Regular Expression

\b(?:(?:https?|ftp|file):\/\/|(www|ftp)\.)[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|$!:,.;]*[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|$]|"(?:(?:https?|ftp|file):\/\/|(www|ftp)\.)[^"\r\n]+"|"(?:(?:https?|ftp|file):\/\/|(www|ftp)\.)[^"\r\n]+"|'(?:(?:https?|ftp|file):\/\/|(www|ftp)\.)[^'\r\n]+'

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