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Regex does not match text after last match

I'm trying to get all text but not if it's inside inline code (`) or code block(```). My regex is working fine but the last text doesn't match and I don't know why.

My current regex:

(.*?)`{1,3}(?:.*?)`{1,3}(.*?)

You can check out the result here: https://regex101.com/r/lYQnUJ/1/

Maybe anybody has an idea how to solve that problem.

Solution

  • You can use

    preg_split('~```.*?```|`[^`]*`~s', $text)

    Details:

    • ``` - triple backtick
    • .*? - any zero or more chars as few as possible
    • ``` - triple backtick
    • | - or
    • ` - a backtick
    • [^`]* - zero or more chars other than a backtick
    • ` - a backtick

    See the regex and PHP demo:

    <?php

$text = 'your_text_here';
print_r(preg_split('~```.*?```|`[^`]*`~s', $text));

    Output:

    Array
(
    [0] => some text here

some more


    [1] => 

some 
    [2] =>  too

and more code blocks:



    [3] => 

this text isn't matched...
)