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  • Common Tokens
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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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gm

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$re = '/<(script|style)((?:(?!src|nonce).)*?)>/m'; $str = '<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="no-js" lang="en-US"> <script>window._wpemojiSettings = {"baseUrl":"https:\\/\\/s.w.org\\/images\\/core\\/emoji\\/13.0.0\\/72x72\\/","ext":".png","svgUrl":"https:\\/\\/s.w.org\\/images\\/core\\/emoji\\/13.0.0\\/svg\\/","svgExt":".svg","source":{"wpemoji":"https:\\/\\/localhost:32810\\/wp-includes\\/js\\/wp-emoji.js?ver=5.6-alpha-48683-src","twemoji":"https:\\/\\/localhost:32810\\/wp-includes\\/js\\/twemoji.js?ver=5.6-alpha-48683-src"}}; } );</script> <style>img.emoji {padding: 0 !important;}</style> <style id=\'twentytwenty-style-inline-css\'>.color-accent{ color: #cd2653; }</style> <script src=\'https://localhost:32810/wp-content/themes/twentytwenty/assets/js/index.js?ver=1.5\' id=\'twentytwenty-js-js\' async></script> <script>document.documentElement.className = document.documentElement.className.replace( \'no-js\', \'js\' );</script> <style>.recentcomments a{display:inline !important;padding:0 !important;margin:0 !important;}</style> <style media="print">#wpadminbar { display:none; }</style> <style media="screen">html { margin-top: 32px !important; }</style> </head> <body> <script test>(function() {var request; b[c] = b[c].replace( rcs, \' \' );}());</script> <script src=\'https://localhost:32810/wp-includes/js/hoverintent-js.min.js?ver=2.2.1\' id=\'hoverintent-js-js\'></script> <script src=\'https://localhost:32810/wp-includes/js/admin-bar.js?ver=5.6-alpha-48683-src\' id=\'admin-bar-js\'></script> <script src=\'https://localhost:32810/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.js?ver=5.6-alpha-48683-src\' id=\'wp-embed-js\'></script> <script test>var t, e = location.hash.substring(1);</script> </body> </html>'; $subst = "<$1 nonce=\"test\"$2>"; $result = preg_replace($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