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  • 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
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    \D
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  • Non-capturing group
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  • 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

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$re = '/@ref.*\\\\([^"]*)/m'; $str = '{ "creatingLibrary": { "name": "MediaInfoLib", "version": "22.06", "url": "https://mediaarea.net/MediaInfo" }, "media": { "@ref": "\\\\\\\\169.254.10.124\\\\AVShed\\\\TVSeries\\\\Stargate SG-1 (1997)\\\\-S10 (2006)\\\\Stargate SG-1 -s10e20- Unending.mkv", "track": [ { "@type": "General", "UniqueID": "116132281707487418698007962344120280727", "VideoCount": "1", "AudioCount": "2", "TextCount": "1", "FileExtension": "mkv", "Format": "Matroska", "Format_Version": "4", "FileSize": "433474734", "Duration": "2614.800", "OverallBitRate": "1326219", "FrameRate": "23.976", "FrameCount": "62692", "IsStreamable": "Yes", "Encoded_Date": "UTC 2021-08-11 16:51:30", "File_Created_Date": "UTC 2021-08-11 18:21:38.171", "File_Created_Date_Local": "2021-08-12 02:21:38.171", "File_Modified_Date": "UTC 2021-08-11 18:21:44.894", "File_Modified_Date_Local": "2021-08-12 02:21:44.894", "Encoded_Application": "HandBrake 1.3.3 2020061300", "Encoded_Library": "Lavf58.29.100", "extra": { "ErrorDetectionType": "Per level 1" } }, { "@type": "Video", "StreamOrder": "0", "ID": "1", "UniqueID": "1", "Format": "HEVC", "Format_Profile": "Main", "Format_Level": "4.1", "Format_Tier": "Main", "CodecID": "V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC", "Duration": "2614.779000000", "Width": "1278", "Height": "720", "Stored_Width": "1280", "Sampled_Width": "1278", "Sampled_Height": "720", "PixelAspectRatio": "1.000", "DisplayAspectRatio": "1.775", "FrameRate_Mode": "CFR", "FrameRate": "23.976", "FrameCount": "62692", "ColorSpace": "YUV", "ChromaSubsampling": "4:2:0", "BitDepth": "8", "Delay": "0.021", "Encoded_Library": "x265 - 3.2.1+1-b5c86a64bbbe:[Windows][GCC 9.2.0][64 bit] 8bit+10bit+12bit", "Encoded_Library_Name": "x265", "Encoded_Library_Version": "3.2.1+1-b5c86a64bbbe:[Windows][GCC 9.2.0][64 bit] 8bit+10bit+12bit", "Encoded_Library_Settings": "cpuid=1111039 / frame-threads=2 / numa-pools=4 / wpp / no-pmode / no-pme / no-psnr / no-ssim / log-level=2 / input-csp=1 / input-res=1278x720 / interlace=0 / total-frames=0 / level-idc=41 / high-tier=1 / uhd-bd=0 / ref=4 / no-allow-non-conformance / no-repeat-headers / annexb / no-aud / no-hrd / info / hash=0 / no-temporal-layers / open-gop / min-keyint=24 / keyint=240 / gop-lookahead=0 / bframes=4 / b-adapt=2 / b-pyramid / bframe-bias=0 / rc-lookahead=25 / lookahead-slices=4 / scenecut=40 / radl=0 / no-splice / no-intra-refresh / ctu=64 / min-cu-size=8 / no-rect / no-amp / max-tu-size=32 / tu-inter-depth=1 / tu-intra-depth=1 / limit-tu=0 / rdoq-level=2 / dynamic-rd=0.00 / no-ssim-rd / signhide / no-tskip / nr-intra=0 / nr-inter=0 / no-constrained-intra / no-strong-intra-smoothing / max-merge=3 / limit-refs=3 / limit-modes / me=3 / subme=3 / merange=57 / temporal-mvp / no-hme / weightp / no-weightb / no-analyze-src-pics / deblock=0:0 / sao / no-sao-non-deblock / rd=4 / selective-sao=4 / no-early-skip / rskip / no-fast-intra / no-tskip-fast / no-cu-lossless / no-b-intra / no-splitrd-skip / rdpenalty=0 / psy-rd=2.00 / psy-rdoq=1.00 / no-rd-refine / no-lossless / cbqpoffs=0 / crqpoffs=0 / rc=abr / bitrate=1050 / qcomp=0.60 / qpstep=4 / stats-write=0 / stats-read=2 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ipratio=1.40 / pbratio=1.30 / aq-mode=1 / aq-strength=1.00 / cutree / zone-count=0 / no-strict-cbr / qg-size=32 / no-rc-grain / qpmax=69 / qpmin=0 / no-const-vbv / sar=1 / overscan=0 / videoformat=5 / range=0 / colorprim=1 / transfer=1 / colormatrix=1 / chromaloc=0 / display-window=0 / cll=0,0 / min-luma=0 / max-luma=255 / log2-max-poc-lsb=8 / vui-timing-info / vui-hrd-info / slices=1 / no-opt-qp-pps / no-opt-ref-list-length-pps / no-multi-pass-opt-rps / scenecut-bias=0.05 / no-opt-cu-delta-qp / no-aq-motion / no-hdr / no-hdr-opt / no-dhdr10-opt / no-idr-recovery-sei / analysis-reuse-level=5 / scale-factor=0 / refine-intra=0 / refine-inter=0 / refine-mv=1 / refine-ctu-distortion=0 / no-limit-sao / ctu-info=0 / no-lowpass-dct / refine-analysis-type=0 / copy-pic=1 / max-ausize-factor=1.0 / no-dynamic-refine / no-single-sei / no-hevc-aq / no-svt / no-field / qp-adaptation-range=1.00", "Default": "Yes", "Forced": "No", "colour_description_present": "Yes", "colour_description_present_Source": "Stream", "colour_range": "Limited", "colour_range_Source": "Stream", "colour_primaries": "BT.709", "colour_primaries_Source": "Stream", "transfer_characteristics": "BT.709", "transfer_characteristics_Source": "Stream", "matrix_coefficients": "BT.709", "matrix_coefficients_Source": "Stream" }, { "@type": "Audio", "@typeorder": "1", "StreamOrder": "1", "ID": "2", "UniqueID": "2", "Format": "AAC", "Format_Settings_SBR": "No (Explicit)", "Format_AdditionalFeatures": "LC", "CodecID": "A_AAC-2", "Duration": "2614.762000000", "Channels": "2", "ChannelPositions": "Front: L R", "ChannelLayout": "L R", "SamplesPerFrame": "1024", "SamplingRate": "48000", "SamplingCount": "125508576", "FrameRate": "46.875", "Compression_Mode": "Lossy", "Delay": "0.000", "Delay_Source": "Container", "Title": "Stereo", "Language": "en", "Default": "Yes", "Forced": "No" }, { "@type": "Audio", "@typeorder": "2", "StreamOrder": "2", "ID": "3", "UniqueID": "3", "Format": "AAC", "Format_AdditionalFeatures": "LC", "CodecID": "A_AAC-2", "Duration": "2614.741000000", "Channels": "2", "ChannelPositions": "Front: L R", "ChannelLayout": "L R", "SamplesPerFrame": "1024", "SamplingRate": "48000", "SamplingCount": "125507568", "FrameRate": "46.875", "Compression_Mode": "Lossy", "Delay": "0.041", "Delay_Source": "Container", "Title": "Commentary", "Language": "en", "Default": "No", "Forced": "No" }, { "@type": "Text", "StreamOrder": "3", "ID": "4", "UniqueID": "4", "Format": "PGS", "CodecID": "S_HDMV/PGS", "Duration": "2560.329000000", "Title": "SDH", "Language": "en", "Default": "No", "Forced": "No" } ] } } '; preg_match_all($re, $str, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER, 0); // Print the entire match result var_dump($matches);

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