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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
    (?:...)
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    (...)
  • 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 = '/(\x{a9}|\x{ae}|[\x{2000}-\x{3300}]|[\x{1F000}-\x{1FBFF}])/u'; $str = '😀 😁 😂 🤣 😃 😄 😅 😆 😉 😊 😋 😎 😍 😘 🥰 😗 😙 😚 ☺️ 🙂 🤗 🤩 🤔 🤨 😐 😑 😶 🙄 😏 😣 😥 😮 🤐 😯 😪 😫 😴 😌 😛 😜 😝 🤤 😒 😓 😔 😕 🙃 🤑 😲 ☹️ 🙁 😖 😞 😟 😤 😢 😭 😦 😧 😨 😩 🤯 😬 😰 😱 🥵 🥶 😳 🤪 😵 😡 😠 🤬 😷 🤒 🤕 🤢 🤮 🤧 😇 🤠 🤡 🥳 🥴 🥺 🤥 🤫 🤭 🧐 🤓 😈 👿 👹 👺 💀 👻 👽 🤖 💩 😺 😸 😹 😻 😼 😽 🙀 😿 😾 People and Fantasy 👶 👧 🧒 👦 👩 🧑 👨 👵 🧓 👴 👲 👳‍♀️ 👳‍♂️ 🧕 🧔 👱‍♂️ 👱‍♀️ 👨‍🦰 👩‍🦰 👨‍🦱 👩‍🦱 👨‍🦲 👩‍🦲 👨‍🦳 👩‍🦳 🦸‍♀️ 🦸‍♂️ 🦹‍♀️ 🦹‍♂️ 👮‍♀️ 👮‍♂️ 👷‍♀️ 👷‍♂️ 💂‍♀️ 💂‍♂️ 🕵️‍♀️ 🕵️‍♂️ 👩‍⚕️ 👨‍⚕️ 👩‍🌾 👨‍🌾 👩‍🍳 👨‍🍳 👩‍🎓 👨‍🎓 👩‍🎤 👨‍🎤 👩‍🏫 👨‍🏫 👩‍🏭 👨‍🏭 👩‍💻 👨‍💻 👩‍💼 👨‍💼 👩‍🔧 👨‍🔧 👩‍🔬 👨‍🔬 👩‍🎨 👨‍🎨 👩‍🚒 👨‍🚒 👩‍✈️ 👨‍✈️ 👩‍🚀 👨‍🚀 👩‍⚖️ 👨‍⚖️ 👰 🤵 👸 🤴 🤶 🎅 🧙‍♀️ 🧙‍♂️ 🧝‍♀️ 🧝‍♂️ 🧛‍♀️ 🧛‍♂️ 🧟‍♀️ 🧟‍♂️ 🧞‍♀️ 🧞‍♂️ 🧜‍♀️ 🧜‍♂️ 🧚‍♀️ 🧚‍♂️ 👼 🤰 🤱 🙇‍♀️ 🙇‍♂️ 💁‍♀️ 💁‍♂️ 🙅‍♀️ 🙅‍♂️ 🙆‍♀️ 🙆‍♂️ 🙋‍♀️ 🙋‍♂️ 🤦‍♀️ 🤦‍♂️ 🤷‍♀️ 🤷‍♂️ 🙎‍♀️ 🙎‍♂️ 🙍‍♀️ 🙍‍♂️ 💇‍♀️ 💇‍♂️ 💆‍♀️ 💆‍♂️ 🧖‍♀️ 🧖‍♂️ 💅 🤳 💃 🕺 👯‍♀️ 👯‍♂️ 🕴 🚶‍♀️ 🚶‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ 👫 👭 👬 💑 👩‍❤️‍👩 👨‍❤️‍👨 💏 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨 👪 👨‍👩‍👧 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 👩‍👩‍👦 👩‍👩‍👧 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 👩‍👩‍👧‍👧 👨‍👨‍👦 👨‍👨‍👧 👨‍👨‍👧‍👦 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧 👩‍👦 👩‍👧 👩‍👧‍👦 👩‍👦‍👦 👩‍👧‍👧 👨‍👦 👨‍👧 👨‍👧‍👦 👨‍👦‍👦 👨‍👧‍👧 🤲 👐 🙌 👏 🤝 👍 👎 👊 ✊ 🤛 🤜 🤞 ✌️ 🤟 🤘 👌 👈 👉 👆 👇 ☝️ ✋ 🤚 🖐 🖖 👋 🤙 💪 🦵 🦶 🖕 ✍️ 🙏 💍 💄 💋 👄 👅 👂 👃 👣 👁 👀 🧠 🦴 🦷 🗣 👤 👥 Clothing and Accessories 🧥 👚 👕 👖 👔 👗 👙 👘 👠 👡 👢 👞 👟 🥾 🥿 🧦 🧤 🧣 🎩 🧢 👒 🎓 ⛑ 👑 👝 👛 👜 💼 🎒 👓 🕶 🥽 🥼 🌂 🧵 🧶 Pale Emojis 👶🏻 👦🏻 👧🏻 👨🏻 👩🏻 👱🏻‍♀️ 👱🏻 👴🏻 👵🏻 👲🏻 👳🏻‍♀️ 👳🏻 👮🏻‍♀️ 👮🏻 👷🏻‍♀️ 👷🏻 💂🏻‍♀️ 💂🏻 🕵🏻‍♀️ 🕵🏻 👩🏻‍⚕️ 👨🏻‍⚕️ 👩🏻‍🌾 👨🏻‍🌾 👩🏻‍🍳 👨🏻‍🍳 👩🏻‍🎓 👨🏻‍🎓 👩🏻‍🎤 👨🏻‍🎤 👩🏻‍🏫 👨🏻‍🏫 👩🏻‍🏭 👨🏻‍🏭 👩🏻‍💻 👨🏻‍💻 👩🏻‍💼 👨🏻‍💼 👩🏻‍🔧 👨🏻‍🔧 👩🏻‍🔬 👨🏻‍🔬 👩🏻‍🎨 👨🏻‍🎨 👩🏻‍🚒 👨🏻‍🚒 👩🏻‍✈️ 👨🏻‍✈️ 👩🏻‍🚀 👨🏻‍🚀 👩🏻‍⚖️ 👨🏻‍⚖️ 🤶🏻 🎅🏻 👸🏻 🤴🏻 👰🏻 🤵🏻 👼🏻 🤰🏻 🙇🏻‍♀️ 🙇🏻 💁🏻 💁🏻‍♂️ 🙅🏻 🙅🏻‍♂️ 🙆🏻 🙆🏻‍♂️ 🙋🏻 🙋🏻‍♂️ 🤦🏻‍♀️ 🤦🏻‍♂️ 🤷🏻‍♀️ 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🙎🏻 🙎🏻‍♂️ 🙍🏻 🙍🏻‍♂️ 💇🏻 💇🏻‍♂️ 💆🏻 💆🏻‍♂️ 🕴🏻 💃🏻 🕺🏻 🚶🏻‍♀️ 🚶🏻 🏃🏻‍♀️ 🏃🏻 🤲🏻 👐🏻 🙌🏻 👏🏻 🙏🏻 👍🏻 👎🏻 👊🏻 ✊🏻 🤛🏻 🤜🏻 🤞🏻 ✌🏻 🤟🏻 🤘🏻 👌🏻 👈🏻 👉🏻 👆🏻 👇🏻 ☝🏻 ✋🏻 🤚🏻 🖐🏻 🖖🏻 👋🏻 🤙🏻 💪🏻 🖕🏻 ✍🏻 🤳🏻 💅🏻 👂🏻 👃🏻 Cream White Emojis 👶🏼 👦🏼 👧🏼 👨🏼 👩🏼 👱🏼‍♀️ 👱🏼 👴🏼 👵🏼 👲🏼 👳🏼‍♀️ 👳🏼 👮🏼‍♀️ 👮🏼 👷🏼‍♀️ 👷🏼 💂🏼‍♀️ 💂🏼 🕵🏼‍♀️ 🕵🏼 👩🏼‍⚕️ 👨🏼‍⚕️ 👩🏼‍🌾 👨🏼‍🌾 👩🏼‍🍳 👨🏼‍🍳 👩🏼‍🎓 👨🏼‍🎓 👩🏼‍🎤 👨🏼‍🎤 👩🏼‍🏫 👨🏼‍🏫 👩🏼‍🏭 👨🏼‍🏭 👩🏼‍💻 👨🏼‍💻 👩🏼‍💼 👨🏼‍💼 👩🏼‍🔧 👨🏼‍🔧 👩🏼‍🔬 👨🏼‍🔬 👩🏼‍🎨 👨🏼‍🎨 👩🏼‍🚒 👨🏼‍🚒 👩🏼‍✈️ 👨🏼‍✈️ 👩🏼‍🚀 👨🏼‍🚀 👩🏼‍⚖️ 👨🏼‍⚖️ 🤶🏼 🎅🏼 👸🏼 🤴🏼 👰🏼 🤵🏼 👼🏼 🤰🏼 🙇🏼‍♀️ 🙇🏼 💁🏼 💁🏼‍♂️ 🙅🏼 🙅🏼‍♂️ 🙆🏼 🙆🏼‍♂️ 🙋🏼 🙋🏼‍♂️ 🤦🏼‍♀️ 🤦🏼‍♂️ 🤷🏼‍♀️ 🤷🏼‍♂️ 🙎🏼 🙎🏼‍♂️ 🙍🏼 🙍🏼‍♂️ 💇🏼 💇🏼‍♂️ 💆🏼 💆🏼‍♂️ 🕴🏼 💃🏼 🕺🏼 🚶🏼‍♀️ 🚶🏼 🏃🏼‍♀️ 🏃🏼 🤲🏼 👐🏼 🙌🏼 👏🏼 🙏🏼 👍🏼 👎🏼 👊🏼 ✊🏼 🤛🏼 🤜🏼 🤞🏼 ✌🏼 🤟🏼 🤘🏼 👌🏼 👈🏼 👉🏼 👆🏼 👇🏼 ☝🏼 ✋🏼 🤚🏼 🖐🏼 🖖🏼 👋🏼 🤙🏼 💪🏼 🖕🏼 ✍🏼 🤳🏼 💅🏼 👂🏼 👃🏼 Moderate Brown Emojis 👶🏽 👦🏽 👧🏽 👨🏽 👩🏽 👱🏽‍♀️ 👱🏽 👴🏽 👵🏽 👲🏽 👳🏽‍♀️ 👳🏽 👮🏽‍♀️ 👮🏽 👷🏽‍♀️ 👷🏽 💂🏽‍♀️ 💂🏽 🕵🏽‍♀️ 🕵🏽 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👨🏽‍⚕️ 👩🏽‍🌾 👨🏽‍🌾 👩🏽‍🍳 👨🏽‍🍳 👩🏽‍🎓 👨🏽‍🎓 👩🏽‍🎤 👨🏽‍🎤 👩🏽‍🏫 👨🏽‍🏫 👩🏽‍🏭 👨🏽‍🏭 👩🏽‍💻 👨🏽‍💻 👩🏽‍💼 👨🏽‍💼 👩🏽‍🔧 👨🏽‍🔧 👩🏽‍🔬 👨🏽‍🔬 👩🏽‍🎨 👨🏽‍🎨 👩🏽‍🚒 👨🏽‍🚒 👩🏽‍✈️ 👨🏽‍✈️ 👩🏽‍🚀 👨🏽‍🚀 👩🏽‍⚖️ 👨🏽‍⚖️ 🤶🏽 🎅🏽 👸🏽 🤴🏽 👰🏽 🤵🏽 👼🏽 🤰🏽 🙇🏽‍♀️ 🙇🏽 💁🏽 💁🏽‍♂️ 🙅🏽 🙅🏽‍♂️ 🙆🏽 🙆🏽‍♂️ 🙋🏽 🙋🏽‍♂️ 🤦🏽‍♀️ 🤦🏽‍♂️ 🤷🏽‍♀️ 🤷🏽‍♂️ 🙎🏽 🙎🏽‍♂️ 🙍🏽 🙍🏽‍♂️ 💇🏽 💇🏽‍♂️ 💆🏽 💆🏽‍♂️ 🕴🏼 💃🏽 🕺🏽 🚶🏽‍♀️ 🚶🏽 🏃🏽‍♀️ 🏃🏽 🤲🏽 👐🏽 🙌🏽 👏🏽 🙏🏽 👍🏽 👎🏽 👊🏽 ✊🏽 🤛🏽 🤜🏽 🤞🏽 ✌🏽 🤟🏽 🤘🏽 👌🏽 👈🏽 👉🏽 👆🏽 👇🏽 ☝🏽 ✋🏽 🤚🏽 🖐🏽 🖖🏽 👋🏽 🤙🏽 💪🏽 🖕🏽 ✍🏽 🤳🏽 💅🏽 👂🏽 👃🏽 Dark Brown Emojis'; preg_match_all($re, $str, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER, 0); // Print the entire match result var_dump($matches);

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