regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Group 1(input)

inputthe literal text input (case sensitive)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\s+type=([\'"]?)(?<type>[^\'"]+)\2)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

type=the literal text type= (case sensitive)

Group 2([\'"]?)

Character Class[\'"]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

\'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group type(?<type>[^\'"]+)

Negated Character Class[^\'"]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\2the text saved by group 2

Non-Capturing Group(?:\s+name=([\'"]?)(?<name>[^\'"]+)\4)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

name=the literal text name= (case sensitive)

Group 4([\'"]?)

Character Class[\'"]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

\'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group name(?<name>[^\'"]+)

Negated Character Class[^\'"]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\4the text saved by group 4

Non-Capturing Group(?:\s+value=([\'"]?)(?<value>[^\'"]+)\6)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

value=the literal text value= (case sensitive)

Group 6([\'"]?)

Character Class[\'"]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

\'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group value(?<value>[^\'"]+)

Negated Character Class[^\'"]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\6the text saved by group 6

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

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

Search reference

Regular Expression

<(input)(?:\s+type=([\'"]?)(?<type>[^\'"]+)\2)?(?:\s+name=([\'"]?)(?<name>[^\'"]+)\4)?(?:\s+value=([\'"]?)(?<value>[^\'"]+)\6)?\s*>

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