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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

Regular Expression
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$re = '/^ *(\w+) *: *"((?:[^"]|\\\\")+)" *(?=\n)/ms'; $str = '# ------------ THIS IS A COMMENT ----------- # ------------ THIS IS A COMMENT ----------- # ------------ THIS IS A COMMENT ----------- # ------------ THIS IS A COMMENT ----------- # ------------ THIS IS A COMMENT ----------- <check_type:"Windows" version:"2"> <custom_item> value_data : "Administrators" || ("Auditors" && "Administrators") value_data : "change permissions" | "create files / write data" \\ | "create folders / append data" | "delete" \\ | "delete subfolder and files" value_data : "physicalPath:(\\%SystemDrive\\%|C:)" value_type : USER_RIGHT see_also : "Glob all the \\"quotes\\" inside me" see_also : \'Same thing with simple \\\'quotes\\\' in values\' # ----------------- THIS IS A COMMENT ----------------- info : "Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. Accounts with the: \'Modify firmware environment values\' user right can # ----------------- THIS IS <<NOT>> A COMMENT ---------------- change hardware configuration environment variables. This could result in hardware failures or a denial of service." </custom_item> <if> # ----------------------------------------------------- (\\n) # ------------ Start of the condition test ------------ (\\n) # ----------------------------------------------------- (\\n) <condition type:"AND"> </condition> # ---------------------- If true ---------------------- (\\n) <then> </then> # ----------------------- False ----------------------- (\\n) <else> </else> </if> </check_type>'; preg_match_all($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