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Match XML that has a single root element
-2
Regular Expression
PCRE (PHP <7.3)
/
^\s
*
(?:
<
\?
xml
[^
>
]
+
>
)?
\s
*
<
(
[^
>
]
+
?
)
>
[
\s\S
]
+
?
<
\/
\1
>
\s
*
?
$
/
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Description
Can be used as a basic validator to ensure that XML has only a single root element
Submitted by
Jerome Wilson
-
9 years ago