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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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gim

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$re = '/<a href="https:.*(\/)([^\/]+)(?:(?=\/"))\//im'; $str = '<li id="menu-item-1755" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1755"><a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-2/secrets-of-print-on-demand/" itemprop="url" class="wpc-lesson wpc-lesson-1754 wpc-lesson-complete">BONUS VIDEO! The Secrets Of 6-Figure &amp; 7-Figure Print On Demand Products</a></li> <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/dashboard/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-1/introduction/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-1/phase-1-brainstorming-a-niche/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-1/phase-2-narrow-down-your-niches/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-1/phase-3-picking-your-winning-niche/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-1/how-to-select-a-store-name/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-2/how-to-pick-aliexpress-products-to-sell/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-2/how-to-select-the-right-aliexpress-supplier/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-2/how-to-find-print-on-demand-designs-to-sell-2/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-2/how-to-get-a-design-on-fiverr/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-2/create-free-designs/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-2/how-to-get-a-design-on-shutterstock/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-2/how-to-price-products/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-2/secrets-of-print-on-demand/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-3/how-to-create-a-shopify-account/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-3/how-to-install-the-theme/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-3/how-to-install-oberlo-update-its-settings/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-3/how-to-install-the-chrome-extension/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-3/how-to-add-products-with-oberlo/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-3/how-to-create-a-printify-account/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-3/how-to-create-a-product-with-printify/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-3/how-to-update-product-pages/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-3/how-to-add-collections/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-3/how-to-create-an-about-us-page/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-3/how-to-create-an-contact-us/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-3/how-to-create-a-refund-policy-page/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-3/how-to-set-up-payments/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-3/add-legal-pages/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-3/how-to-add-menus/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-3/how-to-create-a-logo/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/step-3/how-to-customize-theme-homepage/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/step-3/how-to-add-shipping-2/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/step-3/how-to-edit-confirmation-email-2/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/step-3/how-to-add-facebook-live-chat/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/step-3/how-to-buy-a-domain-name-2/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/step-3/how-to-remove-store-password-2/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-4/how-to-add-sales-pop/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-4/how-to-add-trust-icons/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-4/how-to-add-smar7-bundle-upsell/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-4/how-to-add-spin-a-wheel-app/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-4/how-to-add-after-sale-coupons/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-5/introduction-to-facebook/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-5/how-to-create-a-facebook-business-account/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-5/how-to-create-a-facebook-fanpage/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-5/how-to-install-the-facebook-pixel/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-5/lifestyle-images-print-on-demand/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-5/how-to-create-a-showcase-video-ad/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-5/how-to-edit-a-showcase-video-ad/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-5/how-to-create-an-example-video-ad/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-5/how-to-create-an-image-ad/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-5/how-to-create-a-facebook-video-ad-2/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-5/how-to-scale-facebook-ads/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-5/how-to-get-free-seo-traffic-from-google/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-5/how-to-find-low-competition-keywords/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-5/how-to-optimize-product-pages/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-5/how-to-optimize-product-category-pages/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-5/how-to-optimize-your-homepage/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-5/how-to-add-optimize-blog-posts/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-5/how-to-build-backlinks-with-instagram-pages/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-6/how-to-fulfill-orders-with-oberlo/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-6/how-to-fulfill-orders-with-printify/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-6/daily-store-management-growth/" <a href="https://members.theecommclubhouse.com/ecomm-clubhouse/step-6/how-to-hire-freelancers/" '; $subst = "<a href=\"\2.html"; $result = preg_replace($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