$re = '/(?ms)^(?!.*?^fruit (?!apple|banana|cherry))(?=.*?^fruit banana)(?=.*?^fruit cherry)(?=.*?^fruit apple).*$/m';
$str = 'fruit apple
some other config line
############
fruit banana
fruit cherry
other config 1
other config n';
preg_match_all($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