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  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

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$re = '/.+(\'[a-zA-Z\s\/ã]+\').+(\$[a-z_]+).+(\'[0-9%]+\').+/m'; $str = ' $this->form->addQuickField(\'Id\', $id, \'50%\' ); $this->form->addQuickField(\'Nome\', $nome, \'100%\' , new TRequiredValidator); $this->form->addQuickField(\'Cpf/Cnpj\', $cpf_cnpj, \'100%\' ); $this->form->addQuickField(\'Biometria\', $senha_biometria, \'100%\' ); $this->form->addQuickField(\'Data Inicio Pausa\', $data_inicio_pausa, \'50%\' ); $this->form->addQuickField(\'Data Fim Pausa\', $data_fim_pausa, \'50%\' ); $this->form->addQuickField(\'Data Nasc Fundacao\', $data_nasc_fundacao, \'50%\' ); $this->form->addQuickField(\'Mãe\', $mae, \'100%\' , new TRequiredValidator); $this->form->addQuickField(\'Pai\', $pai, \'100%\' ); $this->form->addQuickField(\'Nascimento\', $data_nascimento, \'50%\' , new TRequiredValidator); $this->form->addQuickField(\'Rg\', $rg, \'100%\' ); $this->form->addQuickField(\'Orgão Expedidor\', $sigla_orgao_expedidor, \'100%\' ); $this->form->addQuickField(\'Conf Pessoa Tipo Id\', $conf_pessoa_tipo_id, \'50%\' ); $this->form->addQuickField(\'Conf Pessoa Tipo Documento Id\', $conf_pessoa_tipo_documento_id, \'50%\' ); $this->form->addQuickField(\'Conf Geral Status Id\', $conf_geral_status_id, \'50%\' ); $this->form->addQuickField(\'System User Id\', $system_user_id, \'50%\' ); $this->form->addQuickField(\'Conf End Cidades Id\', $conf_end_cidades_id, \'50%\' ); $this->form->addQuickField(\'Conf End Estados Id\', $conf_end_estados_id, \'50%\' ); $this->form->addQuickField(\'Conf Sexos Id\', $conf_sexos_id, \'50%\' );'; $subst = "\t$this->form->addFields(\n\t\t[ new TLabel($1) ]\n\t\t,[$2]\n\t);\n\t$2->setSize($3);\n"; $result = preg_replace($re, $subst, $str); echo "The result of the substitution is ".$result;

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for PHP, please visit: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.pcre.php