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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • 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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$re = '/^(?:[[:^print:][:cntrl:]\s]|GIF89.{0,20})*<\?(?:php)?\s*[[:punct:]\s]+scama\s*spotify\s*v1[\s\#]+facebook:\s*fb\.com\/amyr\.gov\.tn+[[:punct:]\s]+.{0,200}?want\s*to\s*save\s*rzlt\s*.html(?:[^>]+>\s*)?$/is'; $str = '<?php /* $$$$$$\\ $$$$$$$\\ $$$$$$\\ $$\\ $$\\ $$$$$$$$\\ $$\\ $$\\ $$ __$$\\ $$ __$$\\ $$ __$$\\ $$$\\ $$ | \\__$$ __|$$$\\ $$ | $$ / $$ |$$ | $$ |$$ / $$ |$$$$\\ $$ | $$ | $$$$\\ $$ | $$$$$$$$ |$$$$$$$ |$$ | $$ |$$ $$\\$$ |$$$$$$\\ $$ | $$ $$\\$$ | $$ __$$ |$$ __$$< $$ | $$ |$$ \\$$$$ |\\______|$$ | $$ \\$$$$ | $$ | $$ |$$ | $$ |$$ | $$ |$$ |\\$$$ | $$ | $$ |\\$$$ | $$ | $$ |$$ | $$ | $$$$$$ |$$ | \\$$ | $$ | $$ | \\$$ | \\__| \\__|\\__| \\__| \\______/ \\__| \\__| \\__| \\__| \\__| #==========================================# # Scama Spotify v1 # # facebook: fb.com/amyr.gov.tn # #==========================================# $$$$$$\\ $$$$$$\\ $$\\ $$$$$$\\ $$ __$$\\ $$$ __$$\\ $$$$ | $$ __$$\\ \\__/ $$ |$$$$\\ $$ |\\_$$ | $$ / $$ | $$$$$$ |$$\\$$\\$$ | $$ | \\$$$$$$$ | $$ ____/ $$ \\$$$$ | $$ | \\____$$ | $$ | $$ |\\$$$ | $$ | $$\\ $$ | $$$$$$$$\\ \\$$$$$$ /$$$$$$\\\\$$$$$$ | \\________| \\______/ \\______|\\______/ */ $aronxname = "ARON-TN";//<== Your Name $aronxmail = "moncompteperso12x0@gmail.com"; //<== Your Email $aronxsave = "no";//<== Write "On" if U want To Save RZlt .html ! ?> '; preg_match_all($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