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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • 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

Regular Expression

/
/
g

Test String

Substitution

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Code Generator

Generated Code

$re = '/((((\d{1,3}\.){2}\d{1,3})\[\.\])(\d{1,3}))\,(\d{1,5})?\/?(\d{1,5})?/'; $str = '185.106.121[.]118, 133.100.202[.]85,443 185.106.121[.]66, 82.211.30[.]195, 95.183.53[.]36, 84.200.17[.]144, 107.161.178[.]46,53/443 190.117.186[.]171,443 109.230.199[.]54, 87.98.179[.]18,57421 76.9.60[.]204, 125.214.195[.]17, 131.72.139[.]118, 196.29.166[.]218, 37.228.151[.]133, 37.10.71[.]99, 202.145.16[.]4, 133.94.1[.]3, 163.22.20[.]4, 210.135.90[.]41, 139.18.13[.]2, 212.19.128[.]4, 134.19.176[.]150,7777 185.101.34[.]122,6478 185.101.34[.]74,5367 185.25.51[.]246, 46.100.250[.]10, 62.201.235[.]227, 67.65.229[.]53, 188.165.149[.]249, 208.92.93[.]212, 209.239.123[.]75, 137.175.19[.]153,37779 http://doladolaladont[.]com, https://alphanoun[.]bit/forum/ajax.php, http://coffeol[.]com/fend/raw_server.exe, http://inpend-traij[.]net/aka.doc, http://twlnco[.]com/gskf/online.php, https://a.pomf[.]cat/wryvpl.exe, https://filesblog[.]bit/blog/ajax.php, http://egonbute.duckdns[.]org,5588 http://kampolento.ddns[.]net,1825 http://memeku.ddns[.]net,1825 http://sap.misapor[.]ch,443 http://update.toythieves[.]com,8080 http://workhard231.hopto[.]org,7070/8821 http://www.eye-watch[.]in, https://channel.jetos[.]com,443 https://mcf.otzo[.]com,443 https://onlink.epac[.]to,443 https://repview.ignorelist[.]com,443 https://sap.misapor[.]ch,443 https://statis.ignorelist[.]com,443 https://update.toythieves[.]com,443 http://piezasrazonable[.]com,80 http://wmi.mykings[.]top, http://js.mykings[.]top:280/v.srt,280 http://wmi.mykings[.]top:8888/test.html,8888 http://wmi.mykings[.]top:8888/kill.html,8888 http://coffeol[.]com/fend/lll.exe, '; $subst = "$3.$5"; $result = preg_replace($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