Regular Expressions 101

Community Patterns

Community Library Entry

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Regular Expression
PCRE (PHP <7.3)

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^(255)\.(0|128|192|224|240|248|252|254|255)\.(0|128|192|224|240|248|252|254|255)\.(0|128|192|224|240|248|252|254|255)
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gm

Description

Intended to verify a valid IPv4 subnet mask against every valid IPv4 subnet mask possible using octet format. Does not check against a string that is using CIDR notation.

Submitted by anonymous - 5 years ago