regex101: PCRE2 (PHP) Match Workspace

1st Alternativemicrosoft\s+windows\s+2016

microsoftthe literal text microsoft (case sensitive)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

windowsthe literal text windows (case sensitive)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

2016the literal text 2016

2nd Alternativewin(?:20(?:03|1[26])|dows\s+(?:20(?:03|1(?:2(?:\s+r2\s+std)?|9))|server\s+20(?:0(?:3|8(?:\s+r2)?)|12)))

winthe literal text win (case sensitive)

Non-Capturing Group(?:20(?:03|1[26])|dows\s+(?:20(?:03|1(?:2(?:\s+r2\s+std)?|9))|server\s+20(?:0(?:3|8(?:\s+r2)?)|12)))

1st Alternative20(?:03|1[26])

20the literal text 20

Non-Capturing Group(?:03|1[26])

1st Alternative03

03the literal text 03

2nd Alternative1[26]

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

Character Class[26]

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

6the literal 6 (54₁₀ / 66₈ / 36₁₆)

2nd Alternativedows\s+(?:20(?:03|1(?:2(?:\s+r2\s+std)?|9))|server\s+20(?:0(?:3|8(?:\s+r2)?)|12))

dowsthe literal text dows (case sensitive)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:20(?:03|1(?:2(?:\s+r2\s+std)?|9))|server\s+20(?:0(?:3|8(?:\s+r2)?)|12))

1st Alternative20(?:03|1(?:2(?:\s+r2\s+std)?|9))

20the literal text 20

Non-Capturing Group(?:03|1(?:2(?:\s+r2\s+std)?|9))

1st Alternative03

03the literal text 03

2nd Alternative1(?:2(?:\s+r2\s+std)?|9)

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:2(?:\s+r2\s+std)?|9)

1st Alternative2(?:\s+r2\s+std)?

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\s+r2\s+std)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

r2the literal text r2 (case sensitive)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

stdthe literal text std (case sensitive)

2nd Alternative9

9the literal 9 (57₁₀ / 71₈ / 39₁₆)

2nd Alternativeserver\s+20(?:0(?:3|8(?:\s+r2)?)|12)

serverthe literal text server (case sensitive)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

20the literal text 20

Non-Capturing Group(?:0(?:3|8(?:\s+r2)?)|12)

1st Alternative0(?:3|8(?:\s+r2)?)

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:3|8(?:\s+r2)?)

1st Alternative3

3the literal 3 (51₁₀ / 63₈ / 33₁₆)

2nd Alternative8(?:\s+r2)?

8the literal 8 (56₁₀ / 70₈ / 38₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\s+r2)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

r2the literal text r2 (case sensitive)

2nd Alternative12

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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

microsoft\s+windows\s+2016|win(?:20(?:03|1[26])|dows\s+(?:20(?:03|1(?:2(?:\s+r2\s+std)?|9))|server\s+20(?:0(?:3|8(?:\s+r2)?)|12)))

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