Regular Expressions 101

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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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Test String

Code Generator

Generated Code

$re = '/gamers_online.*\s*(\d+),?(\d+),?(\d+)/'; $str = '[...] <div id="about_header_area" class=" global"> <div class="about_area_inner_wrapper"> <div id="about_monitor_video"> <video width="100%" height="auto" autoplay muted loop playsinline poster="https://cdn.fastly.steamstatic.com/store/about/videos/about_hero_loop_web.png"> <source src="https://cdn.fastly.steamstatic.com/store/about/videos/about_hero_loop_web.webm" type="video/webm"> <source src="https://cdn.fastly.steamstatic.com/store/about/videos/about_hero_loop_web.mp4" type="video/mp4"> </video> <div id="about_monitor_video_gradient"></div> </div> <div id="about_header"> <div id="about_greeting"> <div class="about_greeting_header"> <div class="steam_logo"><img src="https://cdn.fastly.steamstatic.com/store//about/logo_steam.svg" alt="The logo for Steam"></div> <div class="about_subtitle">Steam is the ultimate destination for playing, discussing, and creating games.</div> <div class="online_stats"> <div class="online_stat"> <div class="online_stat_label gamers_online">online</div> 36,426,658 </div> <div class="online_stat"> <div class="online_stat_label gamers_in_game">playing now</div> 10,289,777 </div> </div> </div> <div class="about_install_wrapper"> <div class="about_install win "> <a href="https://cdn.fastly.steamstatic.com/client/installer/SteamSetup.exe" class="about_install_steam_link">Install Steam</a> </div> <div class="installer_list"> <div class="available_platforms"> Also available on: </div> <a class="platform_icon" href="https://cdn.fastly.steamstatic.com/client/installer/steam.dmg"> <img src="https://cdn.fastly.steamstatic.com/store/about/icon-macos.svg"> </a> <a class="platform_icon" href="https://cdn.fastly.steamstatic.com/client/installer/steam.deb"> <img src="https://cdn.fastly.steamstatic.com/store/about/icon-steamos.svg"> </a> <a class="platform_icon" href="https://support.google.com/chromebook?p=steam_on_chromebook"> <img src="https://cdn.fastly.steamstatic.com/store/about/icon-chromeos.svg"> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="learn_more_btn"> <a href="#about_games_cta_area" class="smooth_scroll"> Learn more <span class="down_arrow"></span> </a> </div> </div> '; preg_match($re, $str, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE, 0); // Print the entire match result var_dump($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