Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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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
    \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

/
/
g

Test String

Substitution

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Code Generator

Generated Code

$re = '/(<span\b[^"]+class="TagsStyle"[^>]*>|(?!\A)\G)([^,<]+)(,?\s*)/'; $str = '<div align="center"> <span class="CatTStyle">Category:</span> <span class="CatStyle">PHYSIOTHERAPY</span> <br> <br> <span class="BusTStyle">Business Name:</span> <span class="BusStyle">Physio</span> <br> <span class="PhTStyle">Phone:</span> <span class="PhStyle"><a onclick="_gaq.push([\'_trackEvent\', \'Phone\', \'Click to Call\', document.title])" href="tel:555 5555">555 5555 <img src="img/call.png"></a></span> <br> <span class="AddrTStyle">Address:</span> <span class="AddrStyle">1 Street Rd, Town, Country</span> <br> <span class="EmlTStyle">Email:</span> <span class="EmlStyle"><a onclick="_gaq.push([\'_trackEvent\', \'Email\', \'Click to Email\', document.title])" href="mailto:email@email.com">email@email.com</a></span> <br> <br> <span class="WsTStyle">Website:</span> <span class="WsStyle"><a onclick="_gaq.push([\'_trackEvent\', \'Website\', \'Click to Website\', document.title])" href="http://www.webiste.com">www.website.com</a></span> <br> <br> <span class="TagsTStyle">PRODUCTS / SERVICES:</span> <span class="TagsStyle">PHYSIOTHERAPY, BACK PAIN, SPINE INJURY</span> <br> </div> <script async type="text/javascript"> if ($(window).width() > 800) {document.write("</td><td align=\'center\' valign=\'top\' width=\'350\'>");} if ($(window).width() < 800) {document.write("</td></tr><tr><td align=\'center\' valign=\'top\' width=\'350\'>");} </script> <br> <div id="map" align="left" style="text-align:left;"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> var address=\'1 Street Rd, Town, Country\'; var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById(\'map\'), { mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.TERRAIN, zoom: 15 }); var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder(); geocoder.geocode({ \'address\': address }, function(results, status) { if(status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) { new google.maps.Marker({ position: results[0].geometry.location, map: map }); map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location); } }); </script> '; $subst = "\1<a href=\"../search.php?searchQuery=\2\">\2</a>\3"; $result = preg_replace($re, $subst, $str); echo "The result of the substitution is ".$result;

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