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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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Generated Code

$re = '/matei 140 for /m'; $str = '<?php $days = 7; // Eine Woche $activity = "Laufen"; // Trainingsart $duration = 30; // Minuten pro Tag for ($day = 1; $day <= $days; $day++) { echo "Am Tag $day bist du $duration Minuten $activity gewesen.<br>"; } $activities = ["Laufen", "Schwimmen", "Radfahren", "Yoga", "Krafttraining"]; $motivation = 5; // Skala 1-10 $goal = "fit werden"; // Ziel $duration = 30; // Minuten pro Tag $days = 7; // Eine Woche for ($day = 1; $day <= $days; $day++) { $activity = $activities[($day-1)%count($activities)]; echo "<br>Tag $day: Heute machst du $duration Minuten $activity, Motivation: $motivation/10, Ziel: $goal."; $motivation++; if($day == $days){ echo "<br>"; } } function wochenplan($activities, $days, $dauerProTag) { $gesamt = 0; for ($i = 1; $i <= $days; $i++) { $activity = $activities[array_rand($activities)]; echo "<br> Tag $i: $activity für $dauerProTag Minuten."; $gesamt += $dauerProTag; if($i == $days){ echo "<br><br>"; } } return $gesamt; } $activities = ["Laufen", "Schwimmen", "Radfahren", "Yoga", "Krafttraining"]; $gesamt = wochenplan($activities, 7, 30); echo "Gesamtzeit: $gesamt Minuten."; '; preg_match_all($re, $str, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER, 0); // Print the entire match result var_dump($matches);

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