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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 = '/^(.*)\(([0-9]*),\'([^\']+)\',\'([^\']+)\',\'([^\']+)\',\'([^\']+)\',\'([A-Z]+)\',\'([0-9]{5})\'/m'; $str = 'CALL insert_wpsl_store(34,\'American Health\',\'American Health Foods #2\',\'21202 State Highway 249 Ste. 500\',\'Houston\',\'TX\',\'77070\',\'USA\',29.997590,-95.578641,6); CALL insert_wpsl_store(805,\'Granary Whole Foods\',\'1738 Kingsley Ave\',\'Orange Park\',\'FL\',\'32073\',\'USA\',30.164472,-81.733892,6); CALL insert_wpsl_store(8056,\'Chamberlins\',\'4924 E. Colonial Dr.\',\'Orlando\',\'FL\',\'32803\',\'USA\',28.553286,-81.326066,8); CALL insert_wpsl_store(1642,\'Kampai\',\'Roble 635\',\'Col. Valle del Campestre\',\'San Pedro Garza García\',\'NL\',\'66266\',\'MX\',25.656827,-100.372697,6); CALL insert_wpsl_store(1643,\'Sr. Tanaka\',\'Calz San Pedro Sur # 102\',\'Col. Del Valle\',\'San Pedro Garza García\',\'NL\',\'64650\',\'MX\',25.656655,-100.371225,6); CALL insert_wpsl_store(807,\'Chamberlins\',\'1170 Oviedo Mall Blvd.\',\'Oviedo\',\'FL\',\'32765\',\'USA\',28.661852,-81.239646,8); CALL insert_wpsl_store(808,\'Chamberlins\',\'7600 Dr. Phillips Blvd.\',\'Orlando\',\'FL\',\'32819\',\'USA\',28.451281,-81.489865,8); CALL insert_wpsl_store(809,\'Chamberlins\',\'1086 Montgomery Road\',\'Altamonte Springs\',\'FL\',\'32714\',\'USA\',28.686480,-81.404065,8); CALL insert_wpsl_store(810,\'Chamberlins\',\'1531 US Hwy 98 S\',\'Lakeland\',\'FL\',\'33803\',\'USA\',28.024486,-81.925599,8); CALL insert_wpsl_store(811,\'Chamberlins\',\'1114 N. John Young Parkway\',\'Kissimmee\',\'FL\',\'34741\',\'USA\',28.301877,-81.416101,8); CALL insert_wpsl_store(812,\'Lee’s Marketplace\',\'Lee’s Smithfield 10810\',\'850 South Main\',\'Smithfield\',\'UT\',\'84335\',\'USA\',41.818762,-111.831481,6); CALL insert_wpsl_store(8133,\'Lee’s Marketplace\',\'Lee’s Mkt 10812\',\'725 North Redwood Rd\',\'North Salt Lake\',\'UT\',\'84054\',\'USA\',40.854739,-111.930919,6); CALL insert_wpsl_store(814,\'Lee’s Marketplace\',\'Lee’s Logan 10805\',\'555 East 1400 N\',\'Logan\',\'UT\',\'84341\',\'USA\',41.757425,-111.820370,6); CALL insert_wpsl_store(815,\'Lee’s Marketplace\',\'Lee’s N Ogden 10116\',\'2645 North Washington Blvd\',\'Ogden\',\'UT\',\'84414\',\'USA\',41.306876,-111.968701,6); CALL insert_wpsl_store(816,\'Act Natural Health Foods\',\'695 Kings Bay Rd\',\'St Marys\',\'GA\',\'31558\',\'USA\',30.783249,-81.613175,6); CALL insert_wpsl_store(817,\'Herbs & More\',\'127 Newnan Rd\',\'Carrollton\',\'GA\',\'30117\',\'USA\',33.579385,-85.065897,6); CALL insert_wpsl_store(818,\'Sevananda Nat Foods\',\'467 Moreland Ave NE\',\'Atlanta\',\'GA\',\'30307\',\'USA\',33.767031,-84.348501,6); CALL insert_wpsl_store(819,\'Don Quijote\',\'801 Kaheka St.\',\'Honolulu\',\'HO\',\'96814\',\'USA\',21.293706,-157.838691,6); CALL insert_wpsl_store(820,\'Quillins Foods\',\'808 South Main St\',\'Monona\',\'IA\',\'52159\',\'USA\',43.043150,-91.390369,6); CALL insert_wpsl_store(821,\'Campbell\\\'S\',\'2749 100th St.\',\'Urbandale\',\'IA\',\'50322\',\'USA\',41.619941,-93.755680,7);'; $subst = "$1($2,'$3 - $4','$5','$6','$7','$8'"; $result = preg_replace($re, $subst, $str); echo "The result of the substitution is ".$result;

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