Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(')

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Group 2(\<\?php echo L10n\:\:message\('dialog.delete', )

\<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

php echo L10nthe literal text php echo L10n (case sensitive)

\:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

messagethe literal text message (case sensitive)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

'dialogthe literal text 'dialog (case sensitive)

.any character (except for line terminators)

delete', the literal text delete', (case sensitive)

Group 3(L10n\:\:label\()

L10nthe literal text L10n (case sensitive)

\:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

labelthe literal text label (case sensitive)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Group 4(.*?)

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Group 5(\); \?\>)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

; the literal text ;

\?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

\>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Group 6(')

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

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Search reference

Regular Expression

(')(\<\?php echo L10n\:\:message\('dialog.delete', )(L10n\:\:label\()(.*?)(\); \?\>)(')

New

'<?php echo L10n::message('dialog.delete', L10n::label(MODULE)); ?>'
'<?php echo L10n::message('dialog.delete', L10n::label('client', true)); ?>'
'<?php echo L10n::message('dialog.delete', array('module' => L10n::label('frequency'))); ?>'
'<?php echo L10n::message('dialog.delete', L10n::label('file')); ?>'
'<?php echo L10n::message('dialog.delete', L10n::label('image')); ?>'

Regular Expression

Extraction