$re = '/(?sU)(?=\{[^}]*:1017).*:"(.*)"/';
$str = '{"wvw_matches":[{"wvw_match_id":"2-1","red_world_id":2202,"blue_world_id":2101,"green_world_id":2201,"start_time":"2015-10-16T18:00:00Z","end_time":"2015-10-23T18:00:00Z"},{"wvw_match_id":"2-6","red_world_id":2206,"blue_world_id":2207,"green_world_id":2205,"start_time":"2015-10-16T18:00:00Z","end_time":"2015-10-23T18:00:00Z"},{"wvw_match_id":"2-2","red_world_id":2104,"blue_world_id":2010,"green_world_id":2003,"start_time":"2015-10-16T18:00:00Z","end_time":"2015-10-23T18:00:00Z"},{"wvw_match_id":"2-3","red_world_id":2301,"blue_world_id":2002,"green_world_id":2012,"start_time":"2015-10-16T18:00:00Z","end_time":"2015-10-23T18:00:00Z"},{"wvw_match_id":"2-7","red_world_id":2105,"blue_world_id":2011,"green_world_id":2005,"start_time":"2015-10-16T18:00:00Z","end_time":"2015-10-23T18:00:00Z"},{"wvw_match_id":"2-4","red_world_id":2203,"blue_world_id":2103,"green_world_id":2007,"start_time":"2015-10-16T18:00:00Z","end_time":"2015-10-23T18:00:00Z"},{"wvw_match_id":"2-5","red_world_id":2014,"blue_world_id":2204,"green_world_id":2013,"start_time":"2015-10-16T18:00:00Z","end_time":"2015-10-23T18:00:00Z"},{"wvw_match_id":"2-9","red_world_id":2004,"blue_world_id":2006,"green_world_id":2102,"start_time":"2015-10-16T18:00:00Z","end_time":"2015-10-23T18:00:00Z"},{"wvw_match_id":"2-8","red_world_id":2008,"blue_world_id":2001,"green_world_id":2009,"start_time":"2015-10-16T18:00:00Z","end_time":"2015-10-23T18:00:00Z"},{"wvw_match_id":"1-1","red_world_id":1003,"blue_world_id":1008,"green_world_id":1019,"start_time":"2015-10-17T01:00:00Z","end_time":"2015-10-24T01:00:00Z"},{"wvw_match_id":"1-2","red_world_id":1009,"blue_world_id":1016,"green_world_id":1017,"start_time":"2015-10-17T01:00:00Z","end_time":"2015-10-24T01:00:00Z"},{"wvw_match_id":"1-3","red_world_id":1014,"blue_world_id":1011,"green_world_id":1005,"start_time":"2015-10-17T01:00:00Z","end_time":"2015-10-24T01:00:00Z"},{"wvw_match_id":"1-4","red_world_id":1012,"blue_world_id":1010,"green_world_id":1021,"start_time":"2015-10-17T01:00:00Z","end_time":"2015-10-24T01:00:00Z"},{"wvw_match_id":"1-5","red_world_id":1002,"blue_world_id":1004,"green_world_id":1018,"start_time":"2015-10-17T01:00:00Z","end_time":"2015-10-24T01:00:00Z"},{"wvw_match_id":"1-6","red_world_id":1001,"blue_world_id":1013,"green_world_id":1006,"start_time":"2015-10-17T01:00:00Z","end_time":"2015-10-24T01:00:00Z"},{"wvw_match_id":"1-7","red_world_id":1022,"blue_world_id":1015,"green_world_id":1007,"start_time":"2015-10-17T01:00:00Z","end_time":"2015-10-24T01:00:00Z"},{"wvw_match_id":"1-8","red_world_id":1024,"blue_world_id":1023,"green_world_id":1020,"start_time":"2015-10-17T01:00:00Z","end_time":"2015-10-24T01:00:00Z"}]}';
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