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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

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$re = '/<tr bgcolor="#EAF2FA">\s*<td colspan="2">\s*<font style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px"><strong>Prénom \*<\/strong><\/font>\s*<\/td>\s*<\/tr>\s*<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">\s*<td width="20"> <\/td>\s*<td>\s*<font style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px">(?<Prenom>.*)<\/font>/'; $str = '<tr bgcolor="#EAF2FA"> <td colspan="2"> <font style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px"><strong>Prénom *</strong></font> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td width="20"> </td> <td> <font style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px">Nicolas</font> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#EAF2FA"> <td colspan="2"> <font style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px"><strong>Nom *</strong></font> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td width="20"> </td> <td> <font style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px">NICOLAS</font> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#EAF2FA"> <td colspan="2"> <font style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px"><strong>Email *</strong></font> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td width="20"> </td> <td> <font style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px"><a href="mailto:nicolas.rauber.ea@gmail.com" target="_blank">nicolas.rauber.ea@gmail.com</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#EAF2FA"> <td colspan="2"> <font style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px"><strong>Téléphone</strong></font> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td width="20"> </td> <td> <font style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px">123456431134455</font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;background-color:#eee;border-bottom:1px solid #dfdfdf;padding:7px 7px">Où se trouve le bien à estimer ?</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#EAF2FA"> <td colspan="2"> <font style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px"><strong>Adresse *</strong></font> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td width="20"> </td> <td> <font style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px">ADRESS</font> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#EAF2FA"> <td colspan="2"> <font style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px"><strong>Code postal *</strong></font> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td width="20"> </td> <td> <font style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px">ZIP</font> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#EAF2FA"> <td colspan="2"> <font style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px"><strong>Ville *</strong></font> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td width="20"> </td> <td> <font style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px">CITY</font> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#EAF2FA"> <td colspan="2"> <font style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px"><strong>Votre message</strong></font> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td width="20"> </td> <td> <font style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px">MESSAGE</font> </td> </tr>'; preg_match($re, $str, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE, 0); // Print the entire match result var_dump($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