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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 = '/(?:(?# #json->start)(?:(?# #array->start)\[\s*(?:(?# #element-in-array->start)(?:(?# #object->start){\s*(?:(?:(?# #key:value->start)(?:(?:(?# #key->start)"[a-zA-Z_]\w*"(?##key->end))\s*:\s*(?:(?# #value->start)(?R)|"(?:\\\\.|[^\\\\"]*)*"|[+-]?(?:[1-9]\d*|0)(?:\.\d+)?|true|false|null(?#value->end)))(?# #key:value->end))(?:\s*,\s*(?:(?# #key:value->start)(?:(?:(?# #key->start)"[a-zA-Z_]\w*"(?##key->end))\s*:\s*(?:(?# #value->start)(?R)|"(?:\\\\.|[^\\\\"]*)*"|[+-]?(?:[1-9]\d*|0)(?:\.\d+)?|true|false|null(?#value->end)))(?# #key:value->end)))*)?\s*}(?# #object->end))|(?:(?# #value->start)(?R)|"(?:\\\\.|[^\\\\"]*)*"|[+-]?(?:[1-9]\d*|0)(?:\.\d+)?|true|false|null(?#value->end))(?# #element-in-array->end))(?:\s*,\s*(?:(?# #element-in-array->start)(?:(?# #object->start){\s*(?:(?# #key:value->start)(?:(?:(?# #key->start)"[a-zA-Z_]\w*"(?##key->end))\s*:\s*(?:(?# #value->start)(?R)|"(?:\\\\.|[^\\\\"]*)*"|[+-]?(?:[1-9]\d*|0)(?:\.\d+)?|true|false|null(?#value->end)))(?# #key:value->end))(?:\s*,\s*(?:(?# #key:value->start)(?:(?:(?# #key->start)"[a-zA-Z_]\w*"(?##key->end))\s*:\s*(?:(?# #value->start)(?R)|"(?:\\\\.|[^\\\\"]*)*"|[+-]?(?:[1-9]\d*|0)(?:\.\d+)?|true|false|null(?#value->end)))(?# #key:value->end)))*\s*}(?# #object->end))|(?:(?# #value->start)(?R)|"(?:\\\\.|[^\\\\"]*)*"|[+-]?(?:[1-9]\d*|0)(?:\.\d+)?|true|false|null(?#value->end))(?# #element-in-array->end)))*\s*\]|\[\s*\](?# #array->end))|(?:(?# #object->start){\s*(?:(?:(?# #key:value->start)(?:(?:(?# #key->start)"[a-zA-Z_]\w*"(?##key->end))\s*:\s*(?:(?# #value->start)(?R)|"(?:\\\\.|[^\\\\"]*)*"|[+-]?(?:[1-9]\d*|0)(?:\.\d+)?|true|false|null(?#value->end)))(?# #key:value->end))(?:\s*,\s*(?:(?# #key:value->start)(?:(?:(?# #key->start)"[a-zA-Z_]\w*"(?##key->end))\s*:\s*(?:(?# #value->start)(?R)|"(?:\\\\.|[^\\\\"]*)*"|[+-]?(?:[1-9]\d*|0)(?:\.\d+)?|true|false|null(?#value->end)))(?##key:value->end)))*)?\s*}(?# #object->end))|(?:(?# #value->start)"(?:\\\\.|[^\\\\"]*)*"|(?<=[,:\s\[])[+-]?(?:[1-9]\d*|0)(?:\.\d+)?(?=[\s,\]}])|true|false|null(?#value->end))(?# #json->end))/m'; $str = '{ "code": 1, "re": [ "B121" ], "msg": null, "e": null, "detailMsg": null, "point": "com.hshc.hshcwap.modules.secondhand.controller.SecondHandController.queryBrand(SecondHandController.java:270)", "pointList": [ ], "error": false, "success": true, "successAndReNN": true } ------------- true,false , null, +33.640, 055.23,-22.340, "12\\"a\\\\\\\\" ------------- {} ------------ { "dt":"LEADSEC_CS_0700R0600B20171127140643", "level":20, "id":"152525881", "type":"Alert Log", "time":1585291269424, "source":{ "ip":"100.100.100.1", "port":50223, "mac":"ec-41-18-19-3a-54" }, "destination":{ "ip":"20.20.2.4", "port":80, "mac":"c8-0c-c8-ef-09-50" }, "protocol":"HTTP", "securityid":"4", "attackid":"1003", "subject":"HTTP_Acunetix11_AWVS11_Content_Web漏洞扫描2", "message":"nic=5;Method=POST;Host=20.20.2.4;URL长度=215;Http协议头长度=875;URL=/cgi-bin/php.cgi?-d allow_url_include=on -d safe_mode=off -d suhosin.simulation=on -d disable_functions=\\"\\" -d open_basedir=none -d auto_prepend_file=php:/input -d cgi.force_redirect=0 -d cgi.redirect_status_env=0 -n;访问文件=php.cgi;MsgbodyData=3c 3f 70 68 70 20 65 63 68 6f 28 6d 64 35 28 61 63 75 6e 65 74 69 78 2d 70 68 70 2d 63 67 69 2d 72 63 65 29 29 3b 20 3f 3e;" } '; preg_match_all($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