regex101: PCRE2 (PHP) Match Workspace

username": "the literal text username": " (case sensitive)

Group username(?<username>[^"\\]*(?:\\"[^"]*)*)

Negated Character Class[^"\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\\"[^"]*)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^"]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

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

username": "(?<username>[^"\\]*(?:\\"[^"]*)*)"

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..."members": [{"id": "0", "username": "User 1", "discriminator": "0000", "avatar": null, "status": "online", "deaf": false, "mute": false, "self_deaf": false, "self_mute": false, "suppress": false, "channel_id": "0123456789", "avatar_url": "https://..."}, {"id": "1", "username": "User 2", "discriminator": "0000", "avatar": null, "status": "online", "game": {"name": "pls help"}, "avatar_url": "https://..."}, {"id": "2", "username": "Bot 1", "discriminator": "0000", "avatar": null, "status": "online", "game": {"name": "music | ;;help"}, "deaf": false, "mute": false, "self_deaf": false, "self_mute": false, "suppress": false, "channel_id": "1234567890", "avatar_url": "https://..."}, {"id": "3", "username": "Use\"r 3", "discriminator": "0000", "avatar": null, "status": "online", "deaf": false, "mute": false, "self_deaf": false, "self_mute": false, "suppress": false, "channel_id": "2345678901", "avatar_url": "https://..."}], "presence_count": 4}

Regular Expressions 101

Regular Expression

Substitution