regex101: PCRE2 (PHP) Match Workspace

Pro

<span class="verse" id="Vthe literal text <span class="verse" id="V (case sensitive)

Character Class[[:digit:]]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

[:digit:]a digit [0-9]

">the literal text ">

Group 1([[:digit:]])+?

+?repeats the group contents below at least once:

Character Class[[:digit:]]

[:digit:]a digit [0-9]

 <the literal text  <

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

span>the literal text span> (case sensitive)

Group 2(.+?)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

Positive Lookahead(?=<span class="verse"|<\/div>)

1st Alternative<span class="verse"

<span class="verse"the literal text <span class="verse" (case sensitive)

2nd Alternative<\/div>

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

div>the literal text div> (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

25 tokens

Regular Expression

<span class="verse" id="V[[:digit:]]+">([[:digit:]])+?&#160;<\/span>(.+?)(?=<span class="verse"|<\/div>)

New

<div class='p'> <span class="verse" id="V1">1&#160;</span>In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  <span class="verse" id="V2">2&#160;</span>And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness <span class='add'>was</span> upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. </div>

Extraction

<div class='p'> <span class="verse" id="V1">1&#160;</span>In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  <span class="verse" id="V2">2&#160;</span>And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness <span class='add'>was</span> upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. </div>