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  • All Tokens
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  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A single character of: a, b, c or d
    [[ab][cd]]
  • 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]
  • Character class intersection
    [\w&&[^\d]]
  • 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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gm

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$re = '/mat-column-(\w+)[^>]*>(?:<[^>]*>)*([^<]*)/m'; $str = '<mat-cell _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" role="cell" fxflex="6%" fxlayoutalign="left center" class="mat-cell cdk-cell cdk-column-status mat-column-status ng-star-inserted" style="place-content: center flex-start; align-items: center; flex-direction: row; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex: 1 1 100%; max-width: 6%;"><mat-icon _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" role="img" class="mat-icon notranslate mat-tooltip-trigger material-icons app-list-icon-yellow mat-icon-no-color" aria-hidden="true" data-mat-icon-type="font" aria-describedby="cdk-describedby-message-1" cdk-describedby-host=""> info </mat-icon><!----><!----></mat-cell><mat-cell _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" role="cell" fxflex="8%" fxlayoutalign="left center" class="mat-cell cdk-cell cdk-column-taskObjectExternalId mat-column-taskObjectExternalId ng-star-inserted" style="place-content: center flex-start; align-items: center; flex-direction: row; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex: 1 1 100%; max-width: 8%;"><a _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" href="/applications/tab/customer-tab?id=103085"> 101010 </a></mat-cell><mat-cell _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" role="cell" fxflex="12%" fxlayoutalign="left center" class="mat-cell cdk-cell cdk-column-type mat-column-type ng-star-inserted" style="place-content: center flex-start; align-items: center; flex-direction: row; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex: 1 1 100%; max-width: 12%;"><section _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" fxflex="100%" fxlayout="row wrap" style="flex-flow: wrap; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex: 1 1 100%; max-width: 100%;"><span _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" fxflex="100%" fxlayoutalign="left center" class="extra-info" style="place-content: center flex-start; align-items: center; flex-direction: row; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex: 1 1 100%; max-width: 100%;"> WBSO 2023 </span><span _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" fxflex="100%" fxlayoutalign="left center" style="place-content: center flex-start; align-items: center; flex-direction: row; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex: 1 1 100%; max-width: 100%;"> Customer approval <!----><!----></span></section></mat-cell><mat-cell _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" role="cell" fxflex="15%" fxlayoutalign="left center" class="mat-cell cdk-cell cdk-column-customerName mat-column-customerName ng-star-inserted" style="place-content: center flex-start; align-items: center; flex-direction: row; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex: 1 1 100%; max-width: 15%;"> Example customer </mat-cell><mat-cell _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" role="cell" fxflex="10%" fxlayoutalign="left center" class="mat-cell cdk-cell cdk-column-creationDate mat-column-creationDate ng-star-inserted" style="place-content: center flex-start; align-items: center; flex-direction: row; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex: 1 1 100%; max-width: 10%;"> 16 Days ago </mat-cell><mat-cell _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" role="cell" fxflex="10%" fxlayoutalign="left center" class="mat-cell cdk-cell cdk-column-deadLine mat-column-deadLine ng-star-inserted" style="place-content: center flex-start; align-items: center; flex-direction: row; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex: 1 1 100%; max-width: 10%;"><!----><span _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" class="ng-star-inserted"> 4 Days left </span><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----></mat-cell><mat-cell _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" role="cell" fxflex="10%" fxlayoutalign="left center" class="mat-cell cdk-cell cdk-column-createdBy mat-column-createdBy ng-star-inserted" style="place-content: center flex-start; align-items: center; flex-direction: row; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex: 1 1 100%; max-width: 10%;"> </mat-cell><mat-cell _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" role="cell" fxflex="8%" fxlayoutalign="left center" class="mat-cell cdk-cell cdk-column-reminderSent mat-column-reminderSent ng-star-inserted" style="place-content: center flex-start; align-items: center; flex-direction: row; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex: 1 1 100%; max-width: 8%;"> 0 </mat-cell><mat-cell _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" role="cell" fxflex="8%" fxlayoutalign="left center" class="mat-cell cdk-cell cdk-column-lastModifiedDate mat-column-lastModifiedDate ng-star-inserted" style="place-content: center flex-start; align-items: center; flex-direction: row; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex: 1 1 100%; max-width: 8%;"> </mat-cell><mat-cell _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" role="cell" fxflex="7%" fxlayoutalign="left center" class="mat-cell cdk-cell cdk-column-visible mat-column-visible ng-star-inserted" style="place-content: center flex-start; align-items: center; flex-direction: row; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex: 1 1 100%; max-width: 7%;"><mat-icon _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" role="img" class="mat-icon notranslate material-icons mat-icon-no-color ng-star-inserted" aria-hidden="true" data-mat-icon-type="font"> visibility_on </mat-icon><!----><!----></mat-cell><mat-cell _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" role="cell" fxflex="5%" fxlayoutalign="end center" class="mat-cell cdk-cell cdk-column-actions mat-column-actions ng-star-inserted" style="place-content: center flex-end; align-items: center; flex-direction: row; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex: 1 1 100%; max-width: 5%;"><button _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" mat-icon-button="" class="mat-focus-indicator mat-menu-trigger mat-icon-button mat-button-base" aria-haspopup="true"><span class="mat-button-wrapper"><mat-icon _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" role="img" class="mat-icon notranslate material-icons mat-icon-no-color" aria-hidden="true" data-mat-icon-type="font">settings</mat-icon></span><span matripple="" class="mat-ripple mat-button-ripple mat-button-ripple-round"></span><span class="mat-button-focus-overlay"></span></button><!----><mat-menu _ngcontent-ifd-c336="" class="ng-star-inserted"><!----></mat-menu></mat-cell><!---->'; 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