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  • 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

Regular Expression
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$re = '/[\w._-]+@[\w.-]+\.[a-z]{2,4}(\.[a-z]{2,3})?/'; $str = 'viel text mein@domain.or.at viel text viel text viel text mein.name@domain.at viel text viel text viel text mein-name@domain.at viel text viel text viel text mein_name@domain.at viel text viel text viel text mein_name@domain-domain.at viel text viel text viel text me1n_name@domain-domain.at viel text viel text viel text me1n_name@domain-domain.wien viel text viel text viel text mein.name@domain.or.at viel text viel text viel text mein-name@domain.or.at viel text viel text viel text mein_name@domain.or.at viel text viel text viel text mein_name@domain-domain.or.at viel text viel text viel text me1n_name@doma1n-doma1n.or.at viel text viel text viel text me1n_name@doma1n-doma1n.wien viel text viel text '; preg_match($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