Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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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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giu

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$re = '/(?:Расположение|\G(?!\A)).*?([а-яё][\s\.\,\-а-яё]*[а-яё])/iu'; $str = '<div class="line-tit">Цена</div><div class="line-val"><span class="price-more"><span class="price-more-list"><i>5 950 000 ₽</i><i>80 297 $</i><i>67 818 €</i></span><b class="price-value">5 950 000 ₽</b></span></div><div class="line-tit">Год выпуска</div><div class="line-val">2020</div><div class="line-tit">Расположение</div><div class="line-val line-val-bubble"><span>ёМосква и еще <span class="ext-city-list" data-cf-modified-876940278ac4b007a0e51228-="" onclick="if (!window.__cfRLUnblockHandlers) return false; openTBC()">31 город</span></span><div class="trade__bubble-cities"><div class="closeBtn" data-cf-modified-876940278ac4b007a0e51228-="" onclick="if (!window.__cfRLUnblockHandlers) return false; closeTBC()">+</div><div class="trade__bubble-cities-sign"></div><p>Предложение актуально для следующих городов:</p><div class="trade__bubble-cities__list"><ul><li>Белгород</li><li>Владивосток</li><li>Волгоград</li><li>Вологда</li><li>Воронеж</li><li>Екатеринбург</li><li>Иркутск</li><li>Казань</li><li>Киров</li> <li>Краснодар</li><li>Красноярск</li><li>Липецк</li><li>Москва</li><li>Набережные Челны</li><li>Нижний Новгород</li><li>Новокузнецк</li><li>Новосибирск</li><li>Пенза</li><li>Пермь</li><li>Пятигорск</li><li>Ростов-на-Дону</li><li>Самара</li><li>Санкт-Петербург</li><li>Саратов</li><li>Симферополь</li><li>Ставрополь</li><li>Сургут</li><li>Томск</li><li>Тюмень</li><li>Уфа</li><li>Чебоксары</li><li>Челябинск</li></ul></div></div></div> '; preg_match_all($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