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ftp and sftp url checker with definit nbr of subfolder

ECMAScript (JavaScript)
regex made to match any ftp or sftp url with a limited number of subfolder
Submitted by anonymous - 8 years ago
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Date format 1

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 8 years ago
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Date format 2 with forward slash /

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 8 years ago
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Regex for a single character

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
This can be used in webMethods for checking whether the string is not null or blank
Submitted by anonymous - 8 years ago
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dxf filename matcher

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 8 years ago
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LatLong

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 8 years ago
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Get parameters from URL

ECMAScript (JavaScript)
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 8 years ago
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Hard Word-Wrap Text (@DanT)

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
Used in JavaScript, can create a string of hard word-wrap text. Expression used 80 as the word-wrap point, but it can be changed to suit your purpose. RegEx provided by @DanThomas. TAGS: @WordWrap @Word-Wrap
Submitted by anonymous - 8 years ago
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MAC Address

ECMAScript (JavaScript)
Validates upper and lower case, allows all : or all -. Obtained here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4260467/what-is-a-regular-expression-for-a-mac-address ...
Submitted by Pilcrow - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4260467/what-is-a-regular-expression-for-a-mac-address - 8 years ago
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Prevent simple rm rf cp mv from breaking system or top level home directories

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
Prevent acidental deletion of important system files and user directories.
Submitted by anonymous - 8 years ago
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sact_check_sp6438

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 8 years ago
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Validate password policy

ECMAScript (JavaScript)
Policy: At least five digits. No whitspaces. Two out of four groups - digits, lowercase, uppercase, special charterers
Submitted by anonymous - 8 years ago
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Just tryna learn

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 8 years ago
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One more time, finding a string between tags, sort of

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 8 years ago
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original regex for cache images

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
this is the starting regex for breaking up the cache image url into it's parts
Submitted by anonymous - 8 years ago
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Longitude Degrees Minutes Format

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
Regex to detect Degrees Minutes in coordinate system WGS84
Submitted by Rafael Zujur - 8 years ago
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Decimal numbers above 1

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
Cannot enter 0 or a proper fraction
Submitted by anonymous - 8 years ago
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if translation recognition

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
no description available
Submitted by anonymous - 8 years ago
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Find & Replace in URL String

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
Originally used as a search and replace in database fields to change the URL strings to point to .jpg's instead of .png's. Can be used generically as a search and replace in URL's.
Submitted by anonymous - 8 years ago
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Phone + email

PCRE (PHP <7.3)
no description available
Submitted by Jevgenijsblaus - 8 years ago
1...7172737475...900

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Regular Expression
ECMAScript (JavaScript)

/
([-\[\]{}()*+?.,\\\/^$|#])
/
g
Open regex in editor

Description

This expression escapes characters, which have a special meaning in regex, like .?[]/ and so on. Use it to transform a string that you want to use literally in another regex. This is the second version, bug in replace string has been fixed.

Submitted by Florian Andresen - 8 years ago