Regular Expressions 101

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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 = '@https://www\.google\.com/search\?(?:udm=\d+)?(.*(?=&udm=\d+))?([^#]+(?:&udm=\d+)?)(#.+)@'; $str = 'https://www.google.com/search?udm=3&q=windows+11+switch+keyboard+layout&client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=289553745bb9d363&ei=A6BOaLukDsaoxc8Pu5vviQI&oq=windows+11+switch+keyboard+layout&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiIXdpbmRvd3MgMTEgc3dpdGNoIGtleWJvYXJkIGxheW91dCoCCAAyBRAAGIAEMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMggQABiABBiiBDIIEAAYgAQYogQyBRAAGO8FMgUQABjvBUiNUVCWBljIQnABeAGQAQCYAXigAdQUqgEEMjguNbgBA8gBAPgBAZgCIqACxBbCAgoQABiwAxjWBBhHwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAggQABiABBixA8ICDhAAGIAEGLEDGIMBGIoFwgIKEAAYgAQYQxiKBcICCBAuGIAEGLEDwgIOEC4YgAQYxwEYjgUYrwHCAggQABgWGAoYHpgDAIgGAZAGCJIHBDI5LjWgB7ngAbIHBDI4LjW4B7oWwgcGMi0yNS45yAfWAQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#vhid=zephyr:0&vssid=atritem- https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+11+switch+keyboard+layout&client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=289553745bb9d363&ei=A6BOaLukDsaoxc8Pu5vviQI&oq=windows+11+switch+keyboard+layout&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiIXdpbmRvd3MgMTEgc3dpdGNoIGtleWJvYXJkIGxheW91dCoCCAAyBRAAGIAEMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMggQABiABBiiBDIIEAAYgAQYogQyBRAAGO8FMgUQABjvBUiNUVCWBljIQnABeAGQAQCYAXigAdQUqgEEMjguNbgBA8gBAPgBAZgCIqACxBbCAgoQABiwAxjWBBhHwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAggQABiABBixA8ICDhAAGIAEGLEDGIMBGIoFwgIKEAAYgAQYQxiKBcICCBAuGIAEGLEDwgIOEC4YgAQYxwEYjgUYrwHCAggQABgWGAoYHpgDAIgGAZAGCJIHBDI5LjWgB7ngAbIHBDI4LjW4B7oWwgcGMi0yNS45yAfWAQ&udm=5&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#vhid=zephyr:0&vssid=atritem- https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+11+switch+keyboard+layout&client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=289553745bb9d363&ei=A6BOaLukDsaoxc8Pu5vviQI&oq=windows+11+switch+keyboard+layout&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiIXdpbmRvd3MgMTEgc3dpdGNoIGtleWJvYXJkIGxheW91dCoCCAAyBRAAGIAEMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMggQABiABBiiBDIIEAAYgAQYogQyBRAAGO8FMgUQABjvBUiNUVCWBljIQnABeAGQAQCYAXigAdQUqgEEMjguNbgBA8gBAPgBAZgCIqACxBbCAgoQABiwAxjWBBhHwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAggQABiABBixA8ICDhAAGIAEGLEDGIMBGIoFwgIKEAAYgAQYQxiKBcICCBAuGIAEGLEDwgIOEC4YgAQYxwEYjgUYrwHCAggQABgWGAoYHpgDAIgGAZAGCJIHBDI5LjWgB7ngAbIHBDI4LjW4B7oWwgcGMi0yNS45yAfWAQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp&udm=5#vhid=zephyr:0&vssid=atritem- https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+11+switch+keyboard+layout&client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=289553745bb9d363&ei=A6BOaLukDsaoxc8Pu5vviQI&oq=windows+11+switch+keyboard+layout&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiIXdpbmRvd3MgMTEgc3dpdGNoIGtleWJvYXJkIGxheW91dCoCCAAyBRAAGIAEMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMggQABiABBiiBDIIEAAYgAQYogQyBRAAGO8FMgUQABjvBUiNUVCWBljIQnABeAGQAQCYAXigAdQUqgEEMjguNbgBA8gBAPgBAZgCIqACxBbCAgoQABiwAxjWBBhHwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAggQABiABBixA8ICDhAAGIAEGLEDGIMBGIoFwgIKEAAYgAQYQxiKBcICCBAuGIAEGLEDwgIOEC4YgAQYxwEYjgUYrwHCAggQABgWGAoYHpgDAIgGAZAGCJIHBDI5LjWgB7ngAbIHBDI4LjW4B7oWwgcGMi0yNS45yAfWAQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#vhid=zephyr:0&vssid=atritem-'; $subst = "https://www.google.com/search?udm=14$1$2"; $result = preg_replace($re, $subst, $str); echo "The result of the substitution is ".$result;

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