regex101: PCRE2 (PHP) Match Workspace

^start of line

Group 1(([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.){3}

{3}repeats the group contents below exactly 3 times:

Group 2([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])

1st Alternative[0-9]

Character Class[0-9]

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

2nd Alternative[1-9][0-9]

Character Class[1-9]

1-9one character from 1 (49₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

Character Class[0-9]

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

3rd Alternative1[0-9]{2}

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

Character Class[0-9]{2}

{2}matches exactly 2 characters from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

4th Alternative2[0-4][0-9]

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

Character Class[0-4]

0-4one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 4 (52₁₀)

Character Class[0-9]

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

5th Alternative25[0-5]

25the literal text 25

Character Class[0-5]

0-5one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 5 (53₁₀)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Group 3([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])

1st Alternative[0-9]

Character Class[0-9]

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

2nd Alternative[1-9][0-9]

Character Class[1-9]

1-9one character from 1 (49₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

Character Class[0-9]

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

3rd Alternative1[0-9]{2}

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

Character Class[0-9]{2}

{2}matches exactly 2 characters from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

4th Alternative2[0-4][0-9]

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

Character Class[0-4]

0-4one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 4 (52₁₀)

Character Class[0-9]

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

5th Alternative25[0-5]

$end of line

Global pattern flags

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

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

Search reference

Regular Expression

^(([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.){3}([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])$

New

102.242.234.121
243.171.221.0
243.171.221.0.0
170.132.134.555
000.000.000.000
195.103.67.52
110.128.244.14
243.221.0

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Regular Expressions 101

Regular Expression

Extraction