Regular Expressions 101

Community Patterns

SPF syntax checker

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Regular Expression
PCRE (PHP <7.3)

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^v=spf1( +([-+?~]?(all|include:(%\{[CDHILOPR-Tcdhilopr-t]([1-9][0-9]?|10[0-9]|11[0-9]|12[0-8])?r?[+-\/=_]*\}|%%|%_|%-|[!-$&-~])*(\.([A-Za-z]|[A-Za-z]([-0-9A-Za-z]?)*[0-9A-Za-z])|%\{[CDHILOPR-Tcdhilopr-t]([1-9][0-9]?|10[0-9]|11[0-9]|12[0-8])?r?[+-\/=_]*\})|a(:(%\{[CDHILOPR-Tcdhilopr-t]([1-9][0-9]?|10[0-9]|11[0-9]|12[0-8])?r?[+-\/=_]*\}|%%|%_|%-|[!-$&-~])*(\.([A-Za-z]|[A-Za-z]([-0-9A-Za-z]?)*[0-9A-Za-z])|%\{[CDHILOPR-Tcdhilopr-t]([1-9][0-9]?|10[0-9]|11[0-9]|12[0-8])?r?[+-\/=_]*\}))?((\/(\d|1\d|2\d|3[0-2]))?(\/\/([1-9][0-9]?|10[0-9]|11[0-9]|12[0-8]))?)?|mx(:(%\{[CDHILOPR-Tcdhilopr-t]([1-9][0-9]?|10[0-9]|11[0-9]|12[0-8])?r?[+-\/=_]*\}|%%|%_|%-|[!-$&-~])*(\.([A-Za-z]|[A-Za-z]([-0-9A-Za-z]?)*[0-9A-Za-z])|%\{[CDHILOPR-Tcdhilopr-t]([1-9][0-9]?|10[0-9]|11[0-9]|12[0-8])?r?[+-\/=_]*\}))?((\/(\d|1\d|2\d|3[0-2]))?(\/\/([1-9][0-9]?|10[0-9]|11[0-9]|12[0-8]))?)?|ptr(:(%\{[CDHILOPR-Tcdhilopr-t]([1-9][0-9]?|10[0-9]|11[0-9]|12[0-8])?r?[+-\/=_]*\}|%%|%_|%-|[!-$&-~])*(\.([A-Za-z]|[A-Za-z]([-0-9A-Za-z]?)*[0-9A-Za-z])|%\{[CDHILOPR-Tcdhilopr-t]([1-9][0-9]?|10[0-9]|11[0-9]|12[0-8])?r?[+-\/=_]*\}))?|ip4:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\/([0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-2]))?|ip6:(::|([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){7}[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,8}:|([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){7}:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){6}(:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,2}|([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){5}(:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,3}|([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){4}(:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,4}|([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){3}(:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,5}|([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){2}(:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,6}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:(:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,7}|:(:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,8}|([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){6}([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])|([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){6}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])|([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){5}:([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:)?([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])|([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){4}:([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){0,2}([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])|([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){3}:([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){0,3}([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])|([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){2}:([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){0,4}([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])|[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}::([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){0,5}([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])|::([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){0,6}([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5]))(\/(\d{1,2}|10[0-9]|11[0-9]|12[0-8]))?|exists:(%\{[CDHILOPR-Tcdhilopr-t]([1-9][0-9]?|10[0-9]|11[0-9]|12[0-8])?r?[+-\/=_]*\}|%%|%_|%-|[!-$&-~])*(\.([A-Za-z]|[A-Za-z]([-0-9A-Za-z]?)*[0-9A-Za-z])|%\{[CDHILOPR-Tcdhilopr-t]([1-9][0-9]?|10[0-9]|11[0-9]|12[0-8])?r?[+-\/=_]*\}))|redirect=(%\{[CDHILOPR-Tcdhilopr-t]([1-9][0-9]?|10[0-9]|11[0-9]|12[0-8])?r?[+-\/=_]*\}|%%|%_|%-|[!-$&-~])*(\.([A-Za-z]|[A-Za-z]([-0-9A-Za-z]?)*[0-9A-Za-z])|%\{[CDHILOPR-Tcdhilopr-t]([1-9][0-9]?|10[0-9]|11[0-9]|12[0-8])?r?[+-\/=_]*\})|exp=(%\{[CDHILOPR-Tcdhilopr-t]([1-9][0-9]?|10[0-9]|11[0-9]|12[0-8])?r?[+-\/=_]*\}|%%|%_|%-|[!-$&-~])*(\.([A-Za-z]|[A-Za-z]([-0-9A-Za-z]?)*[0-9A-Za-z])|%\{[CDHILOPR-Tcdhilopr-t]([1-9][0-9]?|10[0-9]|11[0-9]|12[0-8])?r?[+-\/=_]*\})|[A-Za-z][-.0-9A-Z_a-z]*=(%\{[CDHILOPR-Tcdhilopr-t]([1-9][0-9]?|10[0-9]|11[0-9]|12[0-8])?r?[+-\/=_]*\}|%%|%_|%-|[!-$&-~])*))* *$
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Description

This regex is meant to check the SPF records of domains.

Submitted by anonymous - 5 years ago