regex101: WordPress Meta Query Regex Serialized Array

Pro

s:the literal text s: (case insensitive)

\d+a digit, repeated at least once

:"themes";s:the literal text :"themes";s: (case insensitive)

\d+a digit, repeated at least once

:"the literal text :"

Character Class[\w,\s]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\wany word character

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

Group 1(\bbusinessman\b)

\ban ASCII word boundary

businessmanthe literal text businessman (case insensitive)

\ban ASCII word boundary

Character Class[\w,\s]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\wany word character

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

";the literal text ";

Global pattern flags

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

25 tokens

Regular Expression

s:\d+:"themes";s:\d+:"[\w,\s]*(\bbusinessman\b)[\w,\s]*";

a:4:{s:5:"dates";a:2:{s:7:"created";s:27:"2017-11-03T01:14:56.582259Z";s:8:"imported";s:27:"2017-11-03T01:14:56.582259Z";}s:11:"displayName";s:12:"Donald Trump";s:11:"description";s:17:"Donald John Trump";s:6:"themes";s:10:"apple, Businessman, Politician";}

Substitution

a:4:{s:5:"dates";a:2:{s:7:"created";s:27:"2017-11-03T01:14:56.582259Z";s:8:"imported";s:27:"2017-11-03T01:14:56.582259Z";}s:11:"displayName";s:12:"Donald Trump";s:11:"description";s:17:"Donald John Trump";s:6:"themes";s:10:"apple, Businessman, Politician";}