regex101: PCRE2 (PHP) Match Workspace

Pro

^start of line

Group 1(:?[^0-9'\-\., _!¡?÷?¿\\+=@#$%ˆ&*(){}|~<>;:[\]]+(:?['-]|, | |\.|\. |$))+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

:?optionally matches the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^0-9'\-\., _!¡?÷?¿\\+=@#$%ˆ&*(){}|~<>;:[\]]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

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

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

!the literal ! (33₁₀ / 41₈ / 21₁₆)

¡the literal ¡ (161₁₀ / 241₈ / A1₁₆)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

÷the literal ÷ (247₁₀ / 367₈ / F7₁₆)

¿the literal ¿ (191₁₀ / 277₈ / BF₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

@the literal @ (64₁₀ / 100₈ / 40₁₆)

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

%the literal % (37₁₀ / 45₈ / 25₁₆)

ˆthe literal ˆ (710₁₀ / 1306₈ / 2C6₁₆)

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

~the literal ~ (126₁₀ / 176₈ / 7E₁₆)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

Group 2(:?['-]|, | |\.|\. |$)

1st Alternative:?['-]

:?optionally matches the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Character Class['-]

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

2nd Alternative,

, the literal text ,

3rd Alternative

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

4th Alternative\.

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

5th Alternative\.

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

6th Alternative$

$end of line

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

^(:?[^0-9'\-\., _!¡?÷?¿\\+=@#$%ˆ&*(){}|~<>;:[\]]+(:?['-]|, | |\.|\. |$))+$

Jacob Wellman
Wellman, Jacob
Wellman, Jacob Wayne
O'Shaughnessy, Jake L.
John O'Shaughnessy-Smith
Kim

TimmyTimmy

Timmy O''Shaughnessy
John O'Shaughnessy--Smith
K3vin Malone
alert("Hello")
select * from users;

Substitution

Jacob Wellman
Wellman, Jacob
Wellman, Jacob Wayne
O'Shaughnessy, Jake L.
John O'Shaughnessy-Smith
Kim

TimmyTimmy

Timmy O''Shaughnessy
John O'Shaughnessy--Smith
K3vin Malone
alert("Hello")
select * from users;