regex101: PCRE2 (PHP) Substitution Workspace

(?i)applies the following effective flags to the remainder of the pattern: gmi

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

Group 1(\s*)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 2(|"|')

1st Alternative — matches an empty string

2nd Alternative"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

3rd Alternative'

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

1st Alternativename

namethe literal text name (case insensitive)

2nd AlternativephoneNumber

phoneNumberthe literal text phoneNumber (case insensitive)

3rd Alternativerace

racethe literal text race (case insensitive)

4th Alternativegender

genderthe literal text gender (case insensitive)

5th Alternativebirthdate

birthdatethe literal text birthdate (case insensitive)

6th Alternativegeodata

geodatathe literal text geodata (case insensitive)

Group 4(|"|')

1st Alternative — matches an empty string

2nd Alternative"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

3rd Alternative'

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Group 5(\s*)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 6(:|=)

1st Alternative:

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

2nd Alternative=

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

Group 7(\s*)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 8('|"|\s*)

1st Alternative'

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

2nd Alternative"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

3rd Alternative\s*

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 9(\s*)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 10(^$|.*?)

Group 11(\s*)

Group 12('|,|"|\))

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

Search reference

Regular Expression

(?i)(\s*)(|"|')(name|phoneNumber|race|gender|birthdate|geodata)(|"|')(\s*)(:|=)(\s*)('|"|\s*)(\s*)(^$|.*?)(\s*)('|,|"|\))

New

"username":"username"
"phonenumber":"123 456 7890"
"race":"undisclosed"
"gender":"female"
"birthdate":"03/12/1889"
"geodata":"123 456 7890"
"phonenumber":"123 456 7890"
"geodata":"38.897957"

Substitution

$1$2$3$4$5$6$7$8$9*******$11$12