regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

<a href="the literal text <a href=" (case sensitive)

Group 1([^"]*?\/n\/\?confirm\.php)

Negated Character Class[^"]*?

*?matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

nthe literal n (110₁₀ / 156₈ / 6E₁₆) (case sensitive)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

confirmthe literal text confirm (case sensitive)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

phpthe literal text php (case sensitive)

">the literal text ">

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

a>the literal text a> (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

Search reference

Regular Expression

<a href="([^"]*?\/n\/\?confirm\.php)">.*?<\/a>

New

<a href="https://www.website.com/n/?noconfirm.php">SSD</a>
<div>How are you</div>
<a href="https://www.website.com/n/?confirm.php">HDD</a>
<h2>Being Sunny</h2>
<a href="https://www.website.com/n/?noconfirm.php">MSD</a>
<div>How are you</div>
<a href="https://www.website.com/n/?confirm.php"></a>
<h2>Being Sunny</h2>
<a href="https://www.website.com/n/?noconfirm.php">GSD</a>
<div>How are you</div>
<a href="https://www.website.com/n/?confirm.php">LSD</a>
<h2>Being Sunny</h2>

Regular Expressions 101

Regular Expression

Extraction