$re = '/^([^,]+),(?!\1)([^,]{2,}),(?!\1|\2+,)([^,]{2,}),(?!\1|(?:\2+|\3+),)([^,]{2,}),(?!\1|(?:\2+|\3+|\4+),)([^,]{2,}),(?!\1|(?:\2+|\3+|\4+|\5+),)([^,]{2,}),(?!\1|(?:\2+|\3+|\4+|\5+|\6+),)([^,]{2,}),(?!\1|(?:\2+|\3+|\4+|\5+|\6+|\7+),)([^,]{2,}),(?=.\2+$)(?=.\3+$)(?=.\4+$)(?=.\5+$)(?=.\6+$)(?=.\7+$)(?=.\8+$)\1+$/';
$str = 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,aaaaaaaaaaaaaa,aaaaaaaa,aaaaaaa,aaaa,aa,aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa';
preg_match($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