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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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$re = '/^[\#]$/i'; $str = ' # Hello 54.217.223.119. Your session has been logged.<br /> #<br /> # Copyright (c) 2002 - 2014 by DK Hostmaster A/S<br /> # <br /> # The data in the DK Whois database is provided by DK Hostmaster A/S<br /> # for information purposes only, and to assist persons in obtaining<br /> # information about or related to a domain name registration record.<br /> # We do not guarantee its accuracy. We will reserve the right to remove<br /> # access for entities abusing the data, without notice.<br /> # <br /> # Any use of this material to target advertising or similar activities<br /> # are explicitly forbidden and will be prosecuted. DK Hostmaster A/S<br /> # requests to be notified of any such activities or suspicions thereof.<br /> Domain: dr.dk<br /> DNS: dr.dk<br /> Registered: 1998-03-11<br /> Expires: 2015-03-31<br /> Registration period: 1 year<br /> VID: no<br /> Status: Active<br /> Registrant<br /> Handle: D5109-DK<br /> Name: DR<br /> Address: DR-Byen, Emil Holms kanal 20<br /> Postalcode: 0999<br /> City: København C<br /> Country: DK<br /> Phone: +4535203661<br /> Administrator<br /> Handle: DH4991-DK<br /> Name: DR<br /> Attention: DR Hostmaster<br /> Address: DR-Byen, Emil Holms kanal 20<br /> Postalcode: 0999<br /> City: København C<br /> Country: DK<br /> Phone: +4535203660<br /> Nameservers<br /> Hostname: dns101.telia.com<br /> Handle: TA632-DK<br /> Hostname: dns102.telia.com<br /> Handle: TA632-DK<br /> Hostname: ns01.dr.dk<br /> Handle: DR3450-DK<br />'; preg_match_all($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