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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
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$re = '/"SgxEpoch":\s*(\"([^0].{31}|.[^0].{30}|.{2}[^0].{29}|.{3}[^0].{28}|.{4}[^0].{27}|.{5}[^0].{26}|.{6}[^0].{25}|.{7}[^0].{24}|.{8}[^0].{23}|.{9}[^0].{22}|.{10}[^0].{21}|.{11}[^0].{20}|.{12}[^0].{19}|.{13}[^0].{18}|.{14}[^0].{17}|.{15}[^0].{16}|.{16}[^0].{15}|.{17}[^0].{14}|.{18}[^0].{13}|.{19}[^0].{12}|.{20}[^0].{11}|.{21}[^0].{10}|.{22}[^0].{9}|.{23}[^0].{8}|.{24}[^0].{7}|.{25}[^0].{6}|.{26}[^0].{5}|.{27}[^0].{4}|.{28}[^0].{3}|.{29}[^0].{2}|.{30}[^0].|.{31}[^0])\"|"")/'; $str = '"SgxEpoch": "00000000000000000000000000000000" "SgxEpoch": "00000000000000000000000000001000" "SgxEpoch": "00000000000000000000000000000000" "SgxEpoch": "" "J8G9SQFG374OI2K4NKRPADZBERUFSZBU" []$ for i in {1..30}; do echo "\\"SgxEpoch\\": \\"$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc \'A-Z0-9\' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1)\\""; done; "SgxEpoch": "RG1RLP2EVNB8HDNWH9GV4TJDB531WLXB" "SgxEpoch": "GVHUIQCS92Y4D22AV7MVWD3T4PNSG1CA" "SgxEpoch": "6XNYUHV542BZ641G7NR5J3TGIZ14805T" "SgxEpoch": "WJAFO7E45QR0QVHAS9OII5LSZ2BJRRDT" "SgxEpoch": "QSXAOKMVGZ3UT7R6K9II8W42SIKJB4CH" "SgxEpoch": "C7HC5SMK85CSZ45OXW29D6JAHT4ZA2H7" "SgxEpoch": "XRV62S6YQ5BM25NKK8VGIL31GRO4KAQC" "SgxEpoch": "2ZPD3Y2U4RS5YQFKK36F6BJDTOCFK1PL" "SgxEpoch": "I7UONV2YA6H2S245KPPQAASG801BB23A" "SgxEpoch": "X7OXH645EYWTISMTT5P9X46PUOMA2EFW" "SgxEpoch": "LF2ASFTRLY1Y1NQIO89G6GS3VHM7Y2YX" "SgxEpoch": "KH0KU5213C3ET7QR99K1D1TX8N6K8JG9" "SgxEpoch": "FOXZ8F490134F1Q9ARW5JAH50KXVC1ST" "SgxEpoch": "BSFDYP5T9SUNAK097LEJH2JFAH1BVO10" "SgxEpoch": "13IR5STLX3XIRA7D0XDSGWSTUPKBIUF4" "SgxEpoch": "BTQULR3SH5C5I6I6JNVDG5OPCWZYIO21" "SgxEpoch": "DBG0DK9R9S817XWJQU76ZS1C4NB9MH0D" "SgxEpoch": "6KOJH14I94WGP7WIWSXSPIG0EMEZGN7B" "SgxEpoch": "9A9XJEOQ157KMPQPXNZKUOZJBN9N1X82" "SgxEpoch": "SQXDD61TZX0PZZI40A83B0F0WYAKJ4ED" "SgxEpoch": "7XQ1DLU186KZ66ZTU393T0IT301UBHVY" "SgxEpoch": "4M0M5Y5MOMG2RPC5153JXUY14B31O19P" "SgxEpoch": "JY1HPMZYSCGGBUG0FG5TH8R4EXSE57EZ" "SgxEpoch": "74O8E3WPY26ASOHM7E91KNV84AZ8ZNTM" "SgxEpoch": "EOYJPEBTDDFI3T2YDFT16PZLJLOAQ0NK" "SgxEpoch": "0BVQ6GQF3Q12SCW4GGDMCQQXBCDRBL9Z" "SgxEpoch": "1L91SIZYM7ANWJE1TZX7U64QEMW267U1" "SgxEpoch": "E0CUT3MIJLZECDP9VE63IO4TDVPNOBJ2" "SgxEpoch": "KJYF7SZUSBGZDAIT5366YVQ63ECEMGQ1" "SgxEpoch": "P4SV9WTRL0HGOEAD48K3E1ZHP1ZTRDKN" []$ '; 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