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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
  • 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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/
/
g

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$re = '/\s*<Title\svodBackOfficeId=\"([^\s]*)">/'; $str = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Titles xmlns="urn:eventis:prodis:onlineapi:2.0" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <Title vodBackOfficeId="00181253-684f-4911-92ab-91859bc4402a"> <IngestId>1001_00000000071p1</IngestId> <Name>Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 71</Name> <Description>A group of smart-talking toddlers find themselves at the center of a media moguls experiment to crack the code to baby talk. The toddlers must race against time for the sake of babies everywhere.</Description> <ContentProvider>Arrivo</ContentProvider> <CurrentTitleType>Feature</CurrentTitleType> <IsApp>false</IsApp> <Assets> <Asset vodBackOfficeId="dc640b52-3067-4ba2-8506-474996126089" encodingProfileCode="Cable"/> <Asset vodBackOfficeId="0a36f3c4-1484-4631-be26-f01a955966ae" encodingProfileCode="Orion"/> <Asset vodBackOfficeId="00a0cca8-9d09-4048-bf17-e51b63bb1491" encodingProfileCode="Widevine"/> </Assets> <MetadataIngestId>1001_00000000071p1</MetadataIngestId> </Title> <Title vodBackOfficeId="c4289c39-b92f-49c5-9a45-bc6eaf7b8393"> <IngestId>9110_00000000175p1</IngestId> <Name>SmartRec Test VOD 1</Name> <Description>The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put that relationship in jeopardy. Dennis</Description> <ContentProvider>Arrivo</ContentProvider> <CurrentTitleType>Feature</CurrentTitleType> <IsApp>false</IsApp> <Assets> <Asset vodBackOfficeId="39779bf2-800f-4821-8d43-b42dffe155f9" encodingProfileCode="Cable"/> <Asset vodBackOfficeId="9c90a157-875e-4737-936e-3d34b60a6b61" encodingProfileCode="Orion"/> <Asset vodBackOfficeId="13fb314b-332c-4633-9334-d294f72e370b" encodingProfileCode="Widevine"/> </Assets> <MetadataIngestId>9110_00000000175p1</MetadataIngestId> </Title> <Title vodBackOfficeId="4a8bc282-8bb8-4dce-b2d1-e2129c092d80"> <IngestId>seachange.com_TEST1386088695671341</IngestId> <Name>Wanted</Name> <Description>Doormat Wesley Gibson discovers that his recently murdered father -- who Wesley never knew -- belonged to a secret guild of assassins. After a leather-clad sexpot drafts Wesley into the society, he hones his innate killing skills and turns avenger.</Description> <ContentProvider>SEAC</ContentProvider> <CurrentTitleType>Feature</CurrentTitleType> <IsApp>false</IsApp> <Assets> <Asset vodBackOfficeId="b0c8bdd7-00e3-4ce5-889b-73e708d75f03" encodingProfileCode="Cable"/> </Assets> <MetadataIngestId>seachange.com_TEST1386088695671341</MetadataIngestId> </Title>'; 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