regex101: PCRE2 (PHP) Match Workspace

^start of line

Group Title(?<Title>.*?)

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Group 2( $(?<Year>\d\d\d\d)$)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Group Year(?<Year>\d\d\d\d)

\da digit

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Group 4( (?<Providerid>\[tmdb=\d*\]))?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group Providerid(?<Providerid>\[tmdb=\d*\])

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

tmdb=the literal text tmdb= (case sensitive)

\d*a digit, repeated any number of times

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

Group part(?<part>-part\d)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

-partthe literal text -part (case sensitive)

\da digit

Group 7( - (?<Version>.*?(?<! $\d\d\d\d$)(?<!-part\d)(?<!\d\d\d\])))?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

- the literal text -

Group Version(?<Version>.*?(?<! $\d\d\d\d$)(?<!-part\d)(?<!\d\d\d\]))

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Negative Lookbehind(?<! $\d\d\d\d$)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\da digit

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Negative Lookbehind(?<!-part\d)

-partthe literal text -part (case sensitive)

\da digit

Negative Lookbehind(?<!\d\d\d\])

\da digit

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

$end of line

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

^(?<Title>.*?)( \((?<Year>\d\d\d\d)\))?( (?<Providerid>\[tmdb=\d*\]))?(?<part>-part\d)?( - (?<Version>.*?(?<! \(\d\d\d\d\))(?<!-part\d)(?<!\d\d\d\])))?$

New

VH1 Storytellers - Matchbox Twenty [tmdb=999]
VH1 Storytellers - Matchbox Twenty (2006) [tmdb=999]
VH1 Storytellers - Matchbox Twenty (2006)-part1
VH1 Storytellers - Matchbox Twenty-part1
VH1 Storytellers - Matchbox Twenty-part1 - directors cut
A title without unusal version characters (2006)-part1 - directors cut
A title without unusal version characters (2006)-part1 - directors cut
A title without unusal version characters-part1 - directors cut

Regular Expressions 101

Regular Expression

Extraction