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Universal XML Structure Parsing Regex(PCRE2-PHP)

Created·2026-05-22 05:39
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
This regular expression is designed to tokenize XML content by identifying major XML constructs through named capture groups. It detects processing instructions (PI), DTD blocks, CDATA sections, comments, self‑closing tags, opening tags, closing tags, and plain text. It is suitable for building lightweight XML lexers or preprocessing XML before deeper parsing.
Submitted by Flithor
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Universal XML Structure Parsing Regex(C#)

Created·2026-05-20 09:51
Updated·2026-05-27 11:13
Flavor·.NET 7.0 (C#)
This regular expression is designed to tokenize XML content by identifying major XML constructs through named capture groups. It detects processing instructions (PI), DTD blocks, CDATA sections, comments, self‑closing tags, opening tags, closing tags, and plain text. It is suitable for building lightweight XML lexers or preprocessing XML before deeper parsing.
Submitted by Flithor
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Gooning67

Created·2026-04-29 07:12
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Gute KÄSE
Submitted by Goonlord69
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3maldrehtsichderhaseimkreis

Created·2026-04-29 06:11
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
wer den löwen weckt muss auch mit ihm tanzen
Submitted by anonymous
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Halacae Text

Created·2026-04-01 00:09
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Regular expression to match a valid line of text in Halacae, a constructed language by R74n.
Submitted by R74n
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Halacae Word

Created·2026-04-01 00:08
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Regular expression to match valid words in Halacae, a conlang by R74n.
Submitted by R74n
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R74n URLs

Created·2026-04-01 00:05
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Regular expression to match valid URLs on R74n websites.
Submitted by R74n
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TA_P1

Created·2026-03-26 09:45
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Code
Submitted by anonymous
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plfjahr42

Created·2026-03-25 07:21
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
plf HIIILLFFEEE
Submitted by Lecksie Hartman
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plfJahr4

Created·2026-03-25 07:14
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
PLF hiilfe
Submitted by Lecksie Hartman
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Murat67

Created·2026-03-24 22:53
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Isch des Tüff
Submitted by webler4000
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wald493#2

Created·2026-03-24 20:24
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Wer den Löwen weckt muss auch mit ihm tanzen!
Submitted by Webler3000
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Capture group finder

Created·2026-03-23 19:06
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
A regex to inspect other regex and match all capture groups
Submitted by SP4CEBAR
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translation batch name structure

Created·2026-03-16 13:15
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
internal structure of a batch name
Submitted by msoutopico
2

Almost universal anime filename matcher

Created·2026-03-07 18:37
Flavor·Python
matches anime filenames. such as Group] Name [Episode[Audiometa]others.ext supports NCOP, NCED, OP, ED, SP, SPnn, nn, nn.n, nn.n_vn mp4, mkv, srt, ass but you could add more. the episode must be written within a [] bracket. finally, this regex cannot cover all the cases and obviously have some issues, but it's fine under most cases. it is also a small regex practice for me.
Submitted by NullCompute0754
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GHAS Custom Secret Scanning Regex for Password/Secret/API Key (Excludes ${...} and process.env)

Created·2026-03-06 15:52
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
This is a GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) Secret Scanning Custom Pattern I created to detect likely hardcoded credentials while reducing common false positives in code. Goal: detect assignments for these key names: password secret apikey / api_key / api-key Pattern regex: (?i)\b(password|secret|api[-]?key)\b\s[:=]\s(?!\s\$\{)(?!\sprocess\.env\b)(?:['"])?[A-Za-z0-9!@#$%^&()+=-]{5,}(?:['"])? What it should catch (examples): password: "ahsjdfahsjfhdjsahj" secret = 'kjfskahfsdhfj' apikey: ABCDE12345!@# (unquoted) What it tries NOT to catch (common false positives): password: ${password_somename} (template/variable placeholder) secret: ${VAULT_SECRET} password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD (env var reference, not a hardcoded secret) This is intended as a practical baseline; it won’t be perfect for every language/config style. If you have suggestions to improve the detection accuracy (reduce false positives/false negatives) for GHAS custom patterns, please share.
Submitted by GearoidMaguire
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Flatten 1 line CSS

Created·2026-03-01 16:22
Updated·2026-03-01 17:35
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Finds CSS selectors that only contain one line and, using the substitution, flattens everything to be on the same line.
Submitted by anonymous
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IP address

Created·2026-03-01 02:22
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Matches and verifies IP address. 192.168.0.1 Matches 999.999.9.9 Didn't match
Submitted by anonymous
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Validate an IP

Created·2026-02-25 11:06
Updated·2026-02-25 11:11
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
52 character long regex to validate IP address.
Submitted by Karthik
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number selector, with commas & decimals

Created·2026-02-12 05:04
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
selects numbers, with commas and decimals, like 1,234.56
Submitted by Bicorn
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Smart outer parentheses selector with backslash escaping

Created·2026-02-10 03:26
Updated·2026-02-12 01:11
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Grabs the outer parentheses and contents taking into account inner parentheses enclosures
Submitted by bicorn
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nexus/sonartype composer cleanup of unfinished package versions

Created·2026-02-05 13:05
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
matches composer packages with -alpha, -beta and -rc versionings
Submitted by Anna Damm
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OmegaT Project Name (Pattern)

Created·2026-02-03 16:49
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Regex showing how to match the five parts in an OmegaT project name (named as per the internal convention at cApStAn), including labels for each captured group (each part in the name).
Submitted by msoutopico
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Validate color with grb group

Created·2026-02-03 03:22
Updated·2026-02-04 03:36
Flavor·Golang
match: #aabbcc #abc (255,255,255) (255,255,255,255) 255,255,255 no match: #gggggg #ggg 256,256,256
Submitted by Doyoung
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unnecessary closing HTML tags

Created·2026-01-27 19:15
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Selects the ` and ` tags from a string. You can probably do this with something easier, but this works
Submitted by Twineee
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Door_Double

Created·2026-01-27 07:54
Updated·2026-01-28 10:27
Flavor·Python
Regex for Door_Double
Submitted by anonymous
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ตรวจสอบพยัญชนะต้นตัวสะกดสระและวรรณยุกต์ไทย

Created·2026-01-22 01:36
Updated·2026-01-23 12:42
Flavor·JavaScript
ตรวจสอบพยัญชนะต้น (ต้องมี) ตรวจตัวสะกดสำหรับสระที่ต้องมี ตรวจสอบการวางสระและวรรณยุกต์ไทย หมายเหตุ การตรวจสอบตัวสะกดในภาษาไทยตรวจสอบได้ยากเพราะภาษาไทยเป็นภาษาที่เขียนติด ๆ กันไม่มีการแบ่งคำอย่างชัดเจนทำให้การอ่านภาษาไทยผู้อ่านต้องใช้ความหมายของคำในการตัดสินการอ่านแบ่งคำตามความเหมาะสมเช่นคำว่า "ตากลม" อาจอ่านเป็น "ตาก-ลม" ก็ได้ หรืออ่านเป็น "ตา-กลม"ก็ได้ ดังนั้นการเขียน Regex เพื่อทำการตรวจสอบอาจช่วยได้ระดับหนึ่ง อ่าจมีผิดบ้างถูกบ้าง แต่ก็ถือว่าเป็นเครื่องมือที่ใช้ช่วยเหลือในการตรวจสอบเพิ่มเติมได้ 80% ของความเป็นไปใด้ก็แล้วกันนะครับ หวังว่าการเขียนเพิ่มเติมส่วนนี้ จะมีประโยชน์บ้างไม่มากก็น้อย
Submitted by อธิปัตย์ ล้อวงศ์งาม
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Secure Email Validation (OWASP-Aligned & DNS-Strict) (RFC 5322)

Created·2026-01-21 16:32
Updated·2026-01-21 16:36
Flavor·JavaScript
This regular expression provides a balance between RFC compliance and security-best-practices. It is designed to prevent injection vectors in legacy systems by using a restricted "safe" character subset recommended by the OWASP Validation Regex Repository. Pattern: ^A-Za-z0-9(?:\.A-Za-z0-9_+&-]+)*@(?:[A-Za-z0-9{0,61}[A-Za-z0-9])?\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,63}$ Key Features: Forced Alphanumeric Start: Prevents leading hyphens to avoid command injection vulnerabilities. Security Subset: Restricts special characters to _+&*- to prevent exotic character injections (e.g., pipes or backticks). No Quoted Strings: Forbids quoted strings to eliminate dangerous payloads containing spaces or backslashes. DNS Compliance: Enforces label lengths (1–63 characters) and prevents labels from starting or ending with hyphens. Whole String Anchoring: Uses ^ and $ to ensure the entire input is validated.
Submitted by Gor Sargsyan
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Laravel Log (MonoLog) Print

Created·2026-01-21 14:51
Updated·2026-01-21 15:00
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Extracts the following fields from a Laravel Log print: Time Stamp (Date) Log Level (supports optional prefix (ie. local.DEBUG)) Log Message Exception | Context If an exception is detected, the file reference (file path + line number), and optional stacktrace are captured.
Submitted by Jerren
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Poland PESEL

Created·2026-01-21 11:23
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Correct Poland PESEL base regex validator. Covers birth dates up to 2099 year. PESEL numbers are in YYMMDDXXXXX format, however, the month is adjusted based on what year people were born. People born from 1900-1999 has no adjustment, 2000-2099 is the month +20, 2100-2199 is +40, 2200-2299 is +60. For example, if someone was born December 16, 2016, their PESEL would be 163216XXXXX.
Submitted by @Sldmk
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PLF4 Formular mit Komponente

Created·2026-01-21 07:52
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
PLF4
Submitted by anonymous
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PLF3

Created·2026-01-21 07:38
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
PLF3
Submitted by anonym
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PLF2

Created·2026-01-21 07:22
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
PLF2
Submitted by anonym
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PLF1

Created·2026-01-21 07:20
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
plf1
Submitted by anonym
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Wasser

Created·2026-01-20 20:24
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
hey das ist richtig coool oder?
Submitted by anonymous
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Python -- Match container image reference parts

Created·2026-01-20 02:14
Updated·2026-01-20 02:28
Flavor·Python
This is a Python RE for matching different parts and combinations of various docker/container image references, as compatible with docker pull etc. Parts / Capture Groups image: # whole image repo: # everything but the tag/digest registry: # host+port host: port: name: # path within registry reference: # tag or digest (with : or @; I haven't bothered to figure out how to strip that yet) tag: digest: If it matches, it should match image, repo, and name at the very least.
Submitted by neal-ian
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Check valid URI Scheme according to RFC2396

Created·2026-01-17 07:52
Flavor·Golang
Simple prefix matcher for validating URI Schemes according to [RFC2396, Section 3.1]( http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2396.html#3.5:~:text=well%20as%20%22http%22%29.-,scheme%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3D%20alpha%20*%28%20alpha%20%7C%20digit%20%7C%20%22%2B%22%20%7C%20%22%2D%22%20%7C%20%22.%22%20%29,-Relative%20URI%20references) Go Playground: https://go.dev/play/p/vtYEugsNAfo
Submitted by Gwyneth Llewelyn
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URL, URI format validation

Created·2026-01-16 16:16
Updated·2026-01-16 23:25
Flavor·JavaScript
URL, URI format validation
Submitted by Atipat Lorwongam
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Regex Email Format

Created·2026-01-15 17:39
Updated·2026-01-16 23:26
Flavor·JavaScript
Used to check Email Format
Submitted by Atipat Lorwongam
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ตรวจสอบวรรณยุกต์และสระในภาษาไทย (รองรับการลากเสียงอาาาา)

Created·2026-01-15 17:20
Updated·2026-01-23 07:30
Flavor·JavaScript
ตรวจสอบการใช้วรรณยุกต์และสระในภาษาไทย รองรับการใช้สระอาาาาาติดกันแบบลากเสียง ไม่ตรวจสอบพยัญชนะต้นและตัวสะกด
Submitted by อธิปัตย์ ล้อวงศ์งาม
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ตรวจสอบวรรณยุกต์และสระในภาษาไทย

Created·2026-01-15 17:19
Updated·2026-01-23 07:29
Flavor·JavaScript
ใช้ตรวจสอบวรรณยุกต์และสระในภาษาไทย ไม่ตรวจสอบพยัญชนะต้นและตัวสะกด
Submitted by อธิปัตย์ ล้อวงศ์งาม
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Match instagram URLs

Created·2026-01-13 23:29
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Matches instagram urls for posts, reels, and stories works on all flavors except rust
Submitted by User9684
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Discord URL matching

Created·2026-01-13 23:19
Updated·2026-01-13 23:24
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
match every type of discord url with each useful part in a group pretty optimized, shouldnt be too harsh on your system should work in every flavor except rust because rust sucks lol
Submitted by User9684
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Match Bible References

Created·2026-01-12 14:12
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
I've created this for a simple project of mine, it squishes every book of the Bible into a RegEx, with the full name, abbreviation, and abbreviation with a dot. Then, it matches the chapter and verse relatively simply.
Submitted by Twineee
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cApStAn OmegaT flagged / disallowed text

Created·2026-01-11 22:28
Flavor·Java
Flagged / disallowed text expression used in cApStAn's build of OmegaT
Submitted by msoutopico
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cApStAn OmegaT custom tags

Created·2026-01-11 22:26
Flavor·Java
Custom tags expression used in cApStAn's build of OmegaT
Submitted by msoutopico
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Caculator seperator with groups

Created·2026-01-08 19:18
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Caculator seperator with groups
Submitted by CalcMan
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Simple CSS Selector parser

Created·2025-12-31 14:18
Updated·2025-12-31 14:22
Flavor·JavaScript
Basic Regex for CSS Selector. Pseudo-Elements, Combinators and other advanced stuff are not supported.
Submitted by anonymous
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HP Prime

Created·2025-12-30 04:20
Updated·2025-12-30 15:37
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Extracts HP Prime PPL numbers.
Submitted by anonymous
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Strings

Created·2025-12-30 04:09
Updated·2025-12-30 04:11
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Extracting strings defined in languages like C/C++ etc.
Submitted by Insoft

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Regular Expression
Created·2023-07-09 07:25
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)

/
^(([5,6,7,8,9]{1})([0-9]{1})([0,1,2,3,5,6,7,8]{1})([0-9]{6})([v|V|x|X]))|(([1,2]{1})([0,9]{1})([0-9]{2})([0,1,2,3,5,6,7,8]{1})([0-9]{7}))
/
gm
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Description

Extract the Data from Sri Lankan National Identity Card

The SL NIC could be divided into two groups,

  1. Before 2016 (9 alphanumeric digits with one English letter)
  2. After 2016 (12 alphanumeric digits)

NICs issued before 1 January 2016, each NIC has a unique 9-digit number and a letter, in the format 000000000V (where 0 is a digit and V is a letter). The first two digits of the number are the holder's year of birth (e.g.: 91xxxxxxxx for someone born in 1991). The next three digits contain the number of the day in the year for the person's birth. For females, 500 is added to the number of days. The next three digits number is the serial number of the issued day. The next digit is the check digit. The final letter is generally a 'V' which indicates that the holder is eligible to vote in the area. In some cases the final letter can be 'X' which usually indicates the holder is not eligible to vote; possibly because they were not permanent residents of Sri Lanka when applying for a NIC. (Directly copied from Wikipedia)

  1. Old NIC - Before 2016

Birth Year: 72 Day Count for Birthday: 244 Serial Number; 152 Check Digit: 4 Special Letter: V

The NIC Number: 722441524V

  1. New NIC - After 2016

Birth Year: 2001 Day Count for Birthday: 253 Serial Number; 0297 Check Digit: 6 Special Letter: -

The NIC Number: 200125302976

  • Can be used for any men or women born in 1950-2999
Submitted by Aadhil Ahamed (Find me on GitHub: https://github.com/AadhilMR)