Description
VerbalExpressions is a PHP library that helps to construct hard regular expressions.
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PHPVerbalExpressions
- ported from VerbalExpressions
VerbalExpressions is a PHP library that helps to construct hard regular expressions.
Installation
The project supports Composer so you have to install Composer first, before project setup.
$ composer require verbalexpressions/php-verbal-expressions:dev-master
Examples
<?php
// some tests
require './vendor/autoload.php';
use VerbalExpressions\PHPVerbalExpressions\VerbalExpressions;
$regex = new VerbalExpressions();
$regex->startOfLine()
->then("http")
->maybe("s")
->then("://")
->maybe("www.")
->anythingBut(" ")
->endOfLine();
if ($regex->test("http://github.com")) {
echo "valid url". '<br>';
} else {
echo "invalid url". '<br>';
}
if (preg_match($regex, 'http://github.com')) {
echo 'valid url';
} else {
echo 'invalid url';
}
echo "<pre>". $regex->getRegex() ."</pre>";
echo $regex->clean(array("modifiers" => "m", "replaceLimit" => 4))
->find(' ')
->replace("This is a small test http://somesite.com and some more text.", "-");
More examples are available in the following files:
- [Example.php](Example.php)
- [VerbalExpressionsTest.php](tests/VerbalExpressionsTest.php)
Business readable language expression definition
$definition = 'start, then "http", maybe "s", then "://", maybe "www.", anything but " ", end';
$regex = new VerbalExpressionsScenario($definition);
Methods list
Name | Description | Usage |
---|---|---|
add | add values to the expression | add('abc') |
startOfLine | mark expression with ^ | startOfLine(false) |
endOfLine | mark the expression with $ | endOfLine() |
then | add a string to the expression | add('foo') |
find | alias for then | find('foo') |
maybe | define a string that might appear once or not | maybe('.com') |
anything | accept any string | anything() |
anythingBut | accept any string but the specified char | anythingBut(',') |
something | accept any non-empty string | something() |
somethingBut | anything non-empty except for these chars | somethingBut('a') |
replace | shorthand for preg_replace() | replace($source, $val) |
lineBreak | match \r \n | lineBreak() |
br | shorthand for lineBreak | br() |
tab | match tabs \t | tab() |
word | match \w+ | word() |
anyOf | any of the listed chars | anyOf('abc') |
any | shorthand for anyOf | any('abc') |
range | adds a range to the expression | range(a,z,0,9) |
withAnyCase | match case default case sensitive | withAnyCase() |
stopAtFirst | toggles the g modifiers | stopAtFirst() |
addModifier | add a modifier | addModifier('g') |
removeModifier | remove a mofier | removeModifier('g') |
searchOneLine | Toggles m modifier | searchOneLine() |
multiple | adds the multiple modifier | multiple('*') |
_or | wraps the expression in an or with the provided value |
_or('bar') |
limit | adds char limit | limit(1,3) |
test | performs a preg_match | test('[email protected]') |
For all the above method (except test
) you could use the VerbalExpressionsScenario
.
Other Implementations
You can see an up to date list of all ports on VerbalExpressions.github.io.
Building the project and running the tests
The project supports Composer so you have to install Composer first before project setup.
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
php composer.phar install --dev
ln -s vendor/phpunit/phpunit/phpunit.php phpunit
./phpunit