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  • All Tokens
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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

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$re = '/<div.+?>(.+)?<\/div>/si'; $str = '<h3>Programma en uitslagen</h3> <table width="100%"> <tr> <th>ronde</th> <th>dag</th> <th>datum</th> <th></th> <th>thuis</th> <th>uit</th> <th> </th> <th colspan="1"> </th> <th colspan="2">uitslag</th> <th>ct</th> <th>cu</th> <th>&nbsp;</th> </tr> <tr> <td class="getal">1</td> <td>Ma.</td> <td>22-08-2016 19:30</td> <td> <div title="Add to Calendar" class="addthisevent"> <span class="start">22/08/2016 19:30:00</span> <span class="end">22/08/2016 22:30:00</span> <span class="timezone">Europe/Amsterdam</span> <span class="title">Kamperduin 1 vs Kamperduin 2</span> <span class="description">Biljartwedstrijd 3Bnd B1 - Ronde 1</span> <span class="location"></span> <span class="organizer">KNBB</span> <span class="organizer_email"></span> <span class="all_day_event">false</span> <span class="date_format">DD/MM/YYYY</span> <span class="alarm_reminder">60</span> </div> </td> <td><a href="http://www.biljartpoint.nl/index.php?page=teamdetail&team_id=29629&compid=2470&poule=A&district=57">Kamperduin 1</a></td> <td><a href="http://www.biljartpoint.nl/index.php?page=teamdetail&team_id=29627&compid=2470&poule=A&district=57">Kamperduin 2</a></td> <td></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr>'; $subst = " gdgf"; $result = preg_replace($re, $subst, $str, 1); echo "The result of the substitution is ".$result;

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