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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
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gsi

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const regex = /^(?:[[:^print:][:cntrl:]\s]|GIF89.{0,20})*<\?(?:php)?\s*.{0,100}?\$match\)\)\{\$file\s*=\s*substr\(md5\(strtolower\(.{0,150}?(\@include\(\w+dir\w+\.")\/files\/\$file.{0,90}?\1\/shab.{0,230}?\$match\[1\]\."\.html"\)\)\{echo\s*\@file_get_contents\(.{0,300}?maps\/stmap_"\.\$match\[1\]\."\.xml"\);exit[[:punct:]\s]+$/gsi; // Alternative syntax using RegExp constructor // const regex = new RegExp('^(?:[[:^print:][:cntrl:]\\s]|GIF89.{0,20})*<\\?(?:php)?\\s*.{0,100}?\\$match\\)\\)\\{\\$file\\s*=\\s*substr\\(md5\\(strtolower\\(.{0,150}?(\\@include\\(\\w+dir\\w+\\.")\\\/files\\\/\\$file.{0,90}?\\1\\\/shab.{0,230}?\\$match\\[1\\]\\."\\.html"\\)\\)\\{echo\\s*\\@file_get_contents\\(.{0,300}?maps\\\/stmap_"\\.\\$match\\[1\\]\\."\\.xml"\\);exit[[:punct:]\\s]+$', 'gsi') const str = `<?php if(preg_match("/([\\w-]+-[a-z0-9]{4})/i", \$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"], \$match)){\$file = substr(md5(strtolower(\$match[1])), 0, 3);if(file_exists(__DIR__."/files/\$file")){\$blocks = array();@include(__DIR__."/files/\$file");if(array_key_exists(\$match[1], \$blocks)){@include(__DIR__."/shab");exit;}}}elseif(preg_match("/stmap_([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\\.html/i", \$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"], \$match)){if(file_exists(__DIR__."/maps/stmap_".\$match[1].".html")){echo @file_get_contents(__DIR__."/maps/stmap_".\$match[1].".html");exit;}}elseif(preg_match("/stmap_([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\\.xml/i", \$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"], \$match)){if(file_exists(__DIR__."/maps/stmap_".\$match[1].".xml")){header("Content-Type: application/xml");echo @file_get_contents(__DIR__."/maps/stmap_".\$match[1].".xml");exit;}}?>`; // Reset `lastIndex` if this regex is defined globally // regex.lastIndex = 0; let m; while ((m = regex.exec(str)) !== null) { // This is necessary to avoid infinite loops with zero-width matches if (m.index === regex.lastIndex) { regex.lastIndex++; } // The result can be accessed through the `m`-variable. m.forEach((match, groupIndex) => { console.log(`Found match, group ${groupIndex}: ${match}`); }); }

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 JavaScript, please visit: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions