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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • 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 = '/((?:(?:(?:(?:Cass\.?(?:(?:(?:(?:&nbsp;| | |\\\\1e|\\\\1f)*))(?:(?:fr.)|(?:aud\.(?:(?:(?:&nbsp;| | |\\\\1e|\\\\1f)*))pl(?:é|e|&eacute;)n\.)))?)|(?:C\.?E\.?D\.?H\.?)|(?:Cour eur\. D\.?H\.?)),?))(?:(?:(?:&nbsp;| | |\\\\1e|\\\\1f)*))(?:(?:(?:1<sup>er?<\/sup>|[0-9][0-9]?)(?:(?:(?:&nbsp;| | |\\\\1e|\\\\1f)*))(?:janvier|f(?:é|e|&eacute;)vrier|mars|avril|mai|juin|juillet|ao(?:û|u|&ucirc;)t|septembre|octobre|novembre|d(?:é|e|&eacute;)cembre|januari|februari|maart|april|mei|juni|juli|augustus|sept(?:ember|\.)|oktober|nov(?:ember|\.)|dec(?:ember|\.))(?:(?:(?:&nbsp;| | |\\\\1e|\\\\1f)*))([1-2][0-9]{3}),?))(?:(?:(?:(?:&nbsp;| | |\\\\1e|\\\\1f)*))(?:[A-Z]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[A-Z]+\.))?(?:,?(?:(?:(?:&nbsp;| | |\\\\1e|\\\\1f)*))))((?:<[^>]*>)?(?:(?:(?:&nbsp;| | |\\\\1e|\\\\1f)*))(?:Larcier(?:(?:(?:&nbsp;| | |\\\\1e|\\\\1f)*))[Cc]ass(?:ation)?\.?)(?:(?:(?:&nbsp;| | |\\\\1e|\\\\1f)*))(?:<\s*\/[^>]*>)?(?:\.?,?(?:(?:(?:&nbsp;| | |\\\\1e|\\\\1f)*)))?(?:(?:(?:[nN]rs?\.?|(?:[nN](?:(?:(?:&nbsp;| | |\\\\1e|\\\\1f)*))<sup>o<\/sup>\.?)|[nN](?:(?:(?:&nbsp;| | |\\\\1e|\\\\1f)*))(?:°|˚|o)s?\.?|[Aa]fl\.))(?:(?:(?:&nbsp;| | |\\\\1e|\\\\1f)*)))([0-9]+))/'; $str = 'C\'est dingue que ceci Cass., 7 février 2001, Larcier Cass., n° 481 soit catché !'; preg_match($re, $str, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE, 0); // Print the entire match result var_dump($matches);

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