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  • All Tokens
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  • 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
  • Match everything enclosed
    (?:...)
  • Capture everything enclosed
    (...)
  • 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 = '/RC[0-9]{6}.[0-9]{4}.[A-Za-z]{1}[0-9]{5}|MP[0-9]{6}.[0-9]{4}.[A-Za-z]{1}[0-9]{5}|CO[0-9]{6}.[0-9]{4}.[A-Za-z]{1}[0-9]{5}/m'; $str = 'Rechargement reussi. Montant de la transaction : 80 FCFA, ID transaction : RC220514.2328.A31840, Frais : 0 FCFA, Commission : 0 FCFA, Nouveau Solde : 0.28FCFA Other msisdn 658747305. Paiement de FORFAIT INTERNET en succes par 658747305. ID transaction: MP220512.2119.C83780, Montant: 250 FCFA. Nouveau solde: 80.28 FCFA. Retrait d\'argent reussi par le 693734202 avec le Code : 226752. Informations detaillees : Montant: 2000 FCFA, Frais: 50 FCFA, No de transaction CO220428.2045.B63327, montant net debite 2050 FCFA, Nouveau solde: 387.1 FCFA. CashOut success by 698039077 with the Code : 375533. Detailed information : Amount: 1500 FCFA, Fees: 45 FCFA, Transaction ID: CO211211.1932.C52092, Net amount debited 1545FCFA, New balance: 315.1 FCFA.'; preg_match_all($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