Regular Expressions 101

Positive Lookbehind(?<=\>)

\>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

Positive Lookahead(?=\<\/a\>)

\<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

athe literal a (97₁₀ / 141₈ / 61₁₆) (case sensitive)

\>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

(?<=\>)\w+(?=\<\/a\>)

New

<a href="names.php?action=names&amp;name=1">jehan</a> 
<a href="names.php?action=names&amp;name=2">roy</a>