regex101: Python Match Workspace

^start of line

Character Class[\s]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\sa Unicode whitespace character

Non-Capturing Group(?:abstract )?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

abstract the literal text abstract (case sensitive)

Non-Capturing Group(?:public|protected|private)

1st Alternativepublic

publicthe literal text public (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativeprotected

protectedthe literal text protected (case sensitive)

3rd Alternativeprivate

privatethe literal text private (case sensitive)

Non-Capturing Group(?: static)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

staticthe literal text static (case sensitive)

function the literal text function (case sensitive)

Character Class[A-z0-9]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

A-zone character from A (65₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Character Class[A-z0-9$=', ]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

A-zone character from A (65₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Character Class[A-z :]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

A-zone character from A (65₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

Search reference

Regular Expression

^[\s]*(?:abstract )?(?:public|protected|private)(?: static)? function [A-z0-9]*\([A-z0-9$=', ]*\)[A-z :]*

New

<?php

namespace Acme;

interface Bird
{
    /**
     * Take off into the air.
     * 
     *	public function notAFunction()
     * protected function notARealMethod()
     * private static function nope()
     *
     *private function thisNeedsFixing()
     *     public function thisNeedsFixing()
     * 
     * @return string
     */
    public function fly();

    /**
     * Make some sort of noise.
     * 
     * @return string
     */
    public function quack();

    /**
     * Perform a movement of some kind.
     * 
     * @return string
     */
    public function move();
}

abstract class Bird
{
    /**
     * Take off into the air.
     * 
     * public function notAFunction();
     * 
     * @return string
     */
    protected function fly($speed = 10)
    {
	return 'I am flying!';
    }

    /**
     * Provide a default string for a parameter.
     */
    public function foo($foo = 'foo')
    {
	//
    }

    /**
     * Make some sort of noise.
     * 
     * @return string
     */
    abstract protected function quack()
    {
        return 'Quack!!!';
    }

    /**
     * Some PHP 7 stuff here.
     *
     * @param SomeThing $someThing
     * @param string    $name
     * 
     * @return string
     */
    private static function foo(SomeThing $someThing, string $name, int $age) : string
    {
        return 'public function bar() would someone do this?';
    }
}