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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 = '/Authentication-results:.+?sender IP.+\R?.+?mailfrom=(.+?);/u'; $str = 'Return-path: <JaneSmith@SomeDummyCo.com> Received: from ms11p00im-qufv17093501.mac.com ([17.58.36.64]) by ms24534.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 8.0.1.3.20170906 64bit (built Sep 6 2017)) with ESMTP id <0PE4008Z5RC0PLA0@ms24534.mac.com> for JohnDoe@icloud.com; Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:31:12 +0000 (GMT) Original-recipient: rfc822;JohnDoe@icloud.com Received: from NAM04-SN1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com (mail-eopbgr700137.outbound.protection.outlook.com [40.107.70.137]) by ms11p00im-qufv17093501.me.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 8.0.2.2.20180531 64bit (built May 31 2018)) with ESMTPS id <0PE400K2IRBZ4F00@ms11p00im-qufv17093501.me.com> for JohnDoe@icloud.com (ORCPT JohnDoe@icloud.com); Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:31:12 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1005 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=clx:Deliver adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1807170000 definitions=main-1808270184 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:,, definitions=2018-08-27_07:,, signatures=0 Authentication-results: ms11p00im-qufv10093201.me.com; dmarc=none header.from=apoemail.us Authentication-results: ms11p00im-qufv10113901.me.com; spf=pass (ms11p00im-qufv10113901.me.com: domain of JaneSmith@SomeDummyCo.com designates 40.107.70.137 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=JaneSmith@SomeDummyCo.com Received-SPF: pass (ms11p00im-qufv10113901.me.com: domain of JaneSmith@SomeDummyCo.com designates 40.107.70.137 as permitted sender) receiver=ms11p00im-qufv10113901.me.com; client-ip=40.107.70.137; helo=NAM04-SN1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com; envelope-from=JaneSmith@SomeDummyCo.com Authentication-results: ms11p00im-qufv17063001.me.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=NETORGFT744019.onmicrosoft.com header.i=@NETORGFT744019.onmicrosoft.com header.b=fYoFciKN DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=NETORGFT744019.onmicrosoft.com; s=selector1-apoemail-us; h=From:Date:Subject:Message-ID:Content-Type:MIME-Version:X-MS-Exchange-SenderADCheck; bh=ZUfrOM+P5LAWsuKD/Lnb58GuE4orISbImwlBF3a/vyc=; b=fYoFciKNtylrXwhibBhDmgiw70cFEaUP4XADRpc2cfX3M/4o94Uc7kMGMdo7wj1KqH/d/ShRSn1YX36qzEnW5yA26XIloXj/bt7iZX2LN5boJlI6OaE6DFUIKivm2Cfvl4Q9wckPQRot76ogx/NeYCwfJvD/OgGybwJWjoLQQJo= Received: from DM3PR19MB0521.namprd19.prod.outlook.com (10.164.248.145) by DM3PR19MB0825.namprd19.prod.outlook.com (10.166.164.151) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id 15.20.1080.14; Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:31:09 +0000 Received: from DM3PR19MB0521.namprd19.prod.outlook.com ([fe80::69c8:8da3:dc38:8caa]) by DM3PR19MB0521.namprd19.prod.outlook.com ([fe80::69c8:8da3:dc38:8caa%5]) with mapi id 15.20.1080.015; Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:31:09 +0000 From: John Doe <JaneSmith@SomeDummyCo.com> To: John Doe <JohnDoe@icloud.com> Subject: AutoResponder - Acme Inc - New Client Questionnaire - - Steven Plain Text TEST 03/12/1971 Thread-topic: AutoResponder - Acme Inc - New Client Questionnaire - - Steven Plain Text TEST 03/12/1971 Thread-index: AQHUPiu+8RdF6Tdpg0SO88Zlg/iLzQ== Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:31:09 +0000 Message-id: <D7A99F58.1E1AA%JaneSmith@SomeDummyCo.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: Authentication-results: spf=none (sender IP is ) smtp.mailfrom=JaneSmith@SomeDummyCo.com; X-Originating-IP: [98.195.128.79] X-Microsoft-Exchange-Diagnostics: '; 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