regex101: PCRE2 (PHP) Match Workspace

Pro

^start of line

Group 1(.*\/recordings\/.*?)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

recordingsthe literal text recordings (case sensitive)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Non-Capturing Group(?:\/([^\/]*))?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Group 2([^\/]*)

Negated Character Class[^\/]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

$end of line

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

25 tokens

Regular Expression

^(.*\/recordings\/.*?)(?:\/([^\/]*))?$

New

https://somewebsite.com/recordings/10680-2162-4cff-991a-446ecff1/play
https://somewebsite.com/somethingsomething/recordings/10680-2162-4cff-991a-446ecff1/somesuffix
https://somewebsite.com/recordings/10680-2162-4cff-991a-446ecff1

Substitution

https://somewebsite.com/recordings/10680-2162-4cff-991a-446ecff1/play
https://somewebsite.com/somethingsomething/recordings/10680-2162-4cff-991a-446ecff1/somesuffix
https://somewebsite.com/recordings/10680-2162-4cff-991a-446ecff1