Regular Expressions 101

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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
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • 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

/
/
gm

Test String

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Generated Code

$re = '/(?<=\<title\>).+(?=\<\/title\>)/m'; $str = '<title>COVEMA</title> <title>PALMERO</title> <title>PLASTIFERRO</title> <title>UOCRA</title> <title>REPAS</title> <title>BTU</title> <title>PANEDILE</title> <title>ELEPRINT</title> <title>JOSÉ J. CHEDIACK</title> <title>NIRO CONSTRUCCIONES</title> <title>HELPORT</title> <title>BISCAYNE</title> <title>COARCO</title> <title>ESUCO</title> <title>CPC</title> <title>TEL 3</title> <title>CARTELLONE</title> <title>MACRO</title> <title>VIAL AGRO</title> <title>ISOLUX CORSÁN</title> <title>AFCP</title> <title>FINNING</title> <title>ROGGIO</title> <title>ROVELLA CARRANZA</title> <title>ACINDAR</title> <title>IERIC</title> <title>IGARRETA MÁQUINAS</title> <title>RIVA</title> <title>GRUPO ESTISOL</title> <title>IECSA</title> <title>ARMAFERRO</title> <title>BRICONS</title> <title>CNH INDUSTRIAL</title> <title>PAOLINI</title> <title>SERVIUR</title> <title>SANDVIK</title> <title>DECAVIAL</title> <title>ODEBRECHT</title> <title>ENAS</title> <title>SITRA</title> <title>SUPERCEMENTO</title> <title>JCR</title> <title>CONSTRUMEX</title> <title>BRIALES</title> <title>CAPUTO</title> <title>LUCIANO</title> <title>GALICIA</title> <title>VICTOR CONTRERAS</title> <title>SIKA ARGENTINA</title> <title>CRIBA</title> <title>BOETTO Y BUTTIGLIENGO</title> <title>MILICIC</title> <title>PERIODICO EL CONSTRUCTOR</title> <title>PHONERENTAL</title> <title>DOS ARROYOS</title> <title>MARTINEZ Y DE LA FUENTE</title> <title>AUSA</title> <title>LUIS LOSI</title> <title>AESA</title> <title>CONSTRUCTORA SUDAMERICANA</title> <title>PLANTEL</title> <title>PCR</title> <title>BANCO DE LA NACIÓN ARGENTINA</title> <title>SUBTERRÁNEOS DE BUENOS AIRES</title> <title>HOLA SIM</title> <title>JOSÉ LUIS TRIVIÑO</title> <title>TECHINT</title> <title>EDUARDO COLOMBI</title> <title>ALEMARSA</title> <title>CENTRO CONSTRUCCIONES</title> <title>TECNIPISOS</title> <title>XAPOR</title> <title>FONTANA NICASTRO</title> <title>CONCRET-NOR</title> <title>DYCASA</title> <title>BURGWARDT</title> <title>SULLAIR</title> <title>FONDO FIDUCIARIO FEDERAL DE INFRAESTRUCTURA REGIONAL</title> <title>FLOWTEX</title> <title>PETERSEN THIELE Y CRUZ</title> <title>LIHUÉ</title> <title>IRAM</title> <title>ESTUDIO YMAZ</title> <title>VIDOGAR</title> <title>BICE</title> <title>ROMERO CAMMISA</title> <title>BATIMAT</title> <title>ALBA CAUCIÓN</title> <title>PROBA</title> <title>ICF</title> <title>TECMA</title> <title>ALESTE</title> <title>DELEGACIÓN PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES</title> <title>HIDRAVIAL</title> <title>BANCO CIUDAD</title> <title>LAMANNA</title>'; 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