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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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$re = '/(\s*\{(?:\s*"Modulus"\s*:\s*"[a-zA-Z\d\+\/]+={0,2}"\s*(?(3)(?(4)(?(5)(?(6)(?(7)(?(8)(?(9)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)()|\s*"Exponent"\s*:\s*"[a-zA-Z\d\+\/]+={0,2}"\s*(?(2)(?(4)(?(5)(?(6)(?(7)(?(8)(?(9)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)()|\s*"P"\s*:\s*"[a-zA-Z\d\+\/]+={0,2}"\s*(?(2)(?(3)(?(5)(?(6)(?(7)(?(8)(?(9)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)()|\s*"Q"\s*:\s*"[a-zA-Z\d\+\/]+={0,2}"\s*(?(2)(?(3)(?(4)(?(6)(?(7)(?(8)(?(9)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)()|\s*"DP"\s*:\s*"[a-zA-Z\d\+\/]+={0,2}"\s*(?(2)(?(3)(?(4)(?(5)(?(7)(?(8)(?(9)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)()|\s*"DQ"\s*:\s*"[a-zA-Z\d\+\/]+={0,2}"\s*(?(2)(?(3)(?(4)(?(5)(?(6)(?(8)(?(9)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)()|\s*"InverseQ"\s*:\s*"[a-zA-Z\d\+\/]+={0,2}"\s*(?(2)(?(3)(?(4)(?(5)(?(6)(?(7)(?(9)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)()|\s*"D"\s*:\s*"[a-zA-Z\d\+\/]+={0,2}"\s*(?(2)(?(3)(?(4)(?(5)(?(6)(?(7)(?(8)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)()){8}\s*\}\s*\2\3\4\5\6\7\8\9)|(\s*\{(?:\s*"Modulus"\s*:\s*"[a-zA-Z\d\+\/]+={0,2}"\s*(?(12)|,)()|\s*"Exponent"\s*:\s*"[a-zA-Z\d\+\/]+={0,2}"\s*(?(11)|,)()){2}\s*\}\s*\11\12)/m'; $str = ' { "Modulus": "AQAB", "Exponent": "AQAB", "P": "AQAB", "Q": "AQAB", "DP": "AQAB", "DQ": "AQAB", "InverseQ": "AQAB", "D": "AQAB" } { "Modulus": "AQAB", "Exponent": "AQAB" } (?(1)(?(2)(?(3)(?(4)(?(5)(?(6)(?(7)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,) 2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 (?(3)(?(4)(?(5)(?(6)(?(7)(?(8)(?(9)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,) (?(2)(?(4)(?(5)(?(6)(?(7)(?(8)(?(9)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,) (?(2)(?(3)(?(5)(?(6)(?(7)(?(8)(?(9)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,) (?(2)(?(3)(?(4)(?(6)(?(7)(?(8)(?(9)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,) (?(2)(?(3)(?(4)(?(5)(?(7)(?(8)(?(9)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,) (?(2)(?(3)(?(4)(?(5)(?(6)(?(8)(?(9)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,) (?(2)(?(3)(?(4)(?(5)(?(6)(?(7)(?(9)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,) (?(2)(?(3)(?(4)(?(5)(?(6)(?(7)(?(8)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,) (?(DEFINE)(?P<b64>[a-zA-Z\\d\\+\\/]+={0,2})(?P<Q1>\\s*")(?P<C1>(?(22)(?(23)(?(24)(?(25)(?(26)(?(27)(?(28)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,))(?P<C2>(?(21)(?(23)(?(24)(?(25)(?(26)(?(27)(?(28)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,))(?P<C3>(?(21)(?(22)(?(24)(?(25)(?(26)(?(27)(?(28)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,))(?P<C4>(?(21)(?(22)(?(23)(?(25)(?(26)(?(27)(?(28)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,))(?P<C5>(?(21)(?(22)(?(23)(?(24)(?(26)(?(27)(?(28)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,))(?P<C6>(?(21)(?(22)(?(23)(?(24)(?(25)(?(27)(?(28)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,))(?P<C7>(?(21)(?(22)(?(23)(?(24)(?(25)(?(26)(?(28)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,))(?P<C8>(?(21)(?(22)(?(23)(?(24)(?(25)(?(26)(?(27)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,)|,))(?P<Q2>"\\s*:\\s*"(?P>b64)"\\s*)(?P<Modulus>(?P>Q1)Modulus(?P>Q2))(?P<Exponent>(?P>Q1)Exponent(?P>Q2))(?P<P>(?P>Q1)P(?P>Q2))(?P<Q>(?P>Q1)Q(?P>Q2))(?P<DP>(?P>Q1)DP(?P>Q2))(?P<DQ>(?P>Q1)DQ(?P>Q2))(?P<InverseQ>(?P>Q1)InverseQ(?P>Q2))(?P<D>(?P>Q1)D(?P>Q2)))(\\s*{\\s*)(?:(?P>Modulus)(?P>C1)()|(?P>Exponent)(?P>C2)()|(?P>P)(?P>C3)()|(?P>Q)(?P>C4)()|(?P>DP)(?P>C5)()|(?P>DQ)(?P>C6)()|(?P>InverseQ)(?P>C7)()|(?P>D)(?P>C8)()){8}\\s*}'; preg_match_all($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