$re = '/^ # Start of line
(?! # Start of the alternation group
(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z]) # Conditions 1, 2, 3
|
(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[!@#$%^&*()_+]) # Conditions 1, 2, 4
|
(?=.*\d)(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[!@#$%^&*()_+]) # Conditions 1, 3, 4
|
(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[!@#$%^&*()_+]) # Conditions 2, 3, 4
|
(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[!@#$%^&*()_+]) # Conditions 1, 3, 4
)
.* # The line itself is matched
$ # Up to the end of line/xm';
$str = '12345678
adfghj
AASDFGHJ
!@#$%^&
1234as
1234ASDF
1345!#$%
asdfg!@#$
ASDFGB!#$$
SSRasd
Goodone123
G00done!@#
1@a
Aa1
must have 3 of 4:
Contain Numbers
Contain a-z
Contain A-Z
contain special characters !@#$%^&*()_+
';
preg_match_all($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