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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • 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

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$re = '/^.*?Dropping SNMP request from 10\.57\.0\.42.*to outside.*$|^.*?Source=VLAN1108_10\.57\.98\.(238|239).*Destination=VLAN406_10\.57\.227\.(51|52).*rule_name=NetBackup Access.*$/m'; $str = '<Event xmlns=\'http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event\'><System><Provider Name=\'AD FS\' Guid=\'{2ffb687a-1571-4ace-8550-47ab5ccae2bc}\'/><EventID>325</EventID><Version>0</Version><Level>Error</Level><Task>None</Task><Opcode>Info</Opcode><Keywords>AD FS</Keywords><TimeCreated SystemTime=\'2019-06-04T12:20:06.108450100Z\'/><EventRecordID>4031017</EventRecordID><Correlation ActivityID=\'{00000000-0000-0000-2d5d-0080000000cd}\'/><Execution ProcessID=\'3760\' ThreadID=\'6728\'/><Channel>AD FS/Admin</Channel><Computer>GIG06SRVADFS001.cymru.nhs.uk</Computer><Security UserID=\'CYMRU\\GIG_gMSA_ADFS$\'/></System><UserData>The Federation Service could not authorize token issuance for caller \'CYMRU\\Ma047550 \'. The caller is not authorized to request a token for the relying party \'urn:federation:MicrosoftOnline\'. See event 501 with the same Instance ID for caller identity. Additional Data Instance ID: 807cd7c3-c574-4703-b8e4-cbf8a7102bca Relying party: urn:federation:MicrosoftOnline Exception details: Microsoft.IdentityServer.Service.IssuancePipeline.CallerAuthorizationException: MSIS5007: The caller authorization failed for caller identity CYMRU\\Ma047550 for relying party trust urn:federation:MicrosoftOnline. at Microsoft.IdentityModel.Threading.AsyncResult.End(IAsyncResult result) at Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.WSTrust.WSTrustServiceContract.ProcessCoreAsyncResult.End(IAsyncResult ar) at Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.WSTrust.WSTrustServiceContract.EndProcessCore(IAsyncResult ar, String requestAction, String responseAction, String trustNamespace) User Action Use the AD FS Management snap-in to ensure that the caller is authorized to request a token for the relying party.</UserData></Event>​ '; 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