Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(<(\w+)(?:\/|.*?)>)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Group 2(\w+)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:\/|.*?)

1st Alternative\/

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

2nd Alternative.*?

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

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Group 3((\w+\s?)+)

Group 4(\w+\s?)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

\s?optionally matches any whitespace character

Group 5(<(?:\/|)\2+>)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\/|)

1st Alternative\/

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

2nd Alternative — matches an empty string

\2+the text saved by group 2, repeated at least once

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

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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Regular Expression

(<(\w+)(?:\/|.*?)>)((\w+\s?)+)(<(?:\/|)\2+>)

Test String
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'<a class="class">' . $variable . '</a>'
"<a class="class">" . $variable . "</a>"
<a class="class">{{ $variable }}</a>
<a class="class">{{ __("words") }}</a>

<a class="class">some words</a>
<a/>some words<a>
<a/>some words</a>
<a/></a>
<a>Some words</a>
<a><a>Some words</a></a>

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