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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. gherkins/regexpbuilderphp ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) gherkins/regexpbuilderphp ========================= PHP port of thebinarysearchtree/regexpbuilderjs 2.2.0(6mo ago)1.3k189.0k↓60.6%471MITPHPPHP ^8.2CI passing Since Feb 19Pushed 6mo ago48 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/gherkins/regexpbuilderphp)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/gherkins/regexpbuilderphp)[ Docs](https://github.com/gherkins/regexpbuilderphp/)[ RSS](/packages/gherkins-regexpbuilderphp/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 3d ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (2)Versions (15)Used By (1) ``` ____ _____ ____ _ _ _ ____ _ _ ____ | _ \ ___ __ _| ____|_ ___ __ | __ ) _ _(_) | __| | ___ _ __| _ \| | | | _ \ | |_) / _ \/ _` | _| \ \/ / '_ \| _ \| | | | | |/ _` |/ _ \ '__| |_) | |_| | |_) | | _ < __/ (_| | |___ > RegExpBuilder integrates regular expressions into the programming language, thereby making them easy to read and maintain. Regular Expressions are created by using chained methods and variables such as arrays or strings. Installation ------------ [](#installation) ``` composer req gherkins/regexpbuilderphp ``` Or download [the appropriate release](https://github.com/gherkins/regexpbuilderphp/releases/latest) and require `RegExpBuilder.php` and `RegExp.php` from `/src`. Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) Examples -------- [](#examples) ``` use Gherkins\RegExpBuilderPHP; $builder = new RegExpBuilder(); ``` ### Validation [](#validation) ``` $regExp = $builder ->startOfInput() ->exactly(4)->digits() ->then("_") ->exactly(2)->digits() ->then("_") ->min(3)->max(10)->letters() ->then(".") ->anyOf(array("png", "jpg", "gif")) ->endOfInput() ->getRegExp(); //true $regExp->matches("2020_10_hund.jpg"); $regExp->matches("2030_11_katze.png"); $regExp->matches("4000_99_maus.gif"); //false $regExp->matches("123_00_nein.gif"); $regExp->matches("4000_0_nein.pdf"); $regExp->matches("201505_nein.jpg"); ``` ### Search [](#search) ``` $regExp = $builder ->multiLine() ->globalMatch() ->min(1)->max(10)->anythingBut(" ") ->anyOf(array(".pdf", ".doc")) ->getRegExp(); $text = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy SomeFile.pdf eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. doc_04.pdf Stet clita kasd File.doc.' $matches = $regExp->findIn($text); //true ($matches[0] === "SomeFile.pdf"); ($matches[1] === "doc_04.pdf"); ($matches[2] === "File.doc"); ``` ### Replace [](#replace) ``` $regExp = $builder ->min(1) ->max(10) ->digits() ->getRegExp(); $text = "98 bottles of beer on the wall"; $text = $regExp->replace( $text, function ($match) { return (int)$match + 1; } ); //true ("99 bottles of beer on the wall" === $text); ``` ### Validation with multiple patterns [](#validation-with-multiple-patterns) ``` $a = $builder ->startOfInput() ->exactly(3)->digits() ->anyOf(array(".pdf", ".doc")) ->endOfInput(); $b = $builder ->getNew() ->startOfInput() ->exactly(4)->letters() ->then(".jpg") ->endOfInput(); $regExp = $builder ->getNew() ->eitherFind($a) ->orFind($b) ->getRegExp(); //true $regExp->matches("123.pdf"); $regExp->matches("456.doc"); $regExp->matches("bbbb.jpg"); $regExp->matches("aaaa.jpg"); //false $regExp->matches("1234.pdf"); $regExp->matches("123.gif"); $regExp->matches("aaaaa.jpg"); $regExp->matches("456.docx"); ``` Take a look at the [tests](tests/RegExpBuilderTest.php) for more examples ### Health Score 63 — FairBetter than 99% of packages Maintenance66 Regular maintenance activity Popularity58 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community27 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity83 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 92.7% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~304 days Recently: every ~271 days Total 14 Last Release 197d ago Major Versions 0.8.0 → 1.0.02021-01-11 1.1.0 → 2.0.02023-01-08 PHP version history (5 changes)0.7.0PHP >=5.3.0 0.8.0PHP ^7.0 1.0.0PHP ^7.0|^8.0 2.0.0PHP ^8.0 2.2.0PHP ^8.2 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d9ded0d5a333fa2afefecbf1059d35adc93a37605a52cb737b858f8fcd995905?d=identicon)[gherkins](/maintainers/gherkins) --- Top Contributors [![gherkins](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/824927?v=4)](https://github.com/gherkins "gherkins (202 commits)")[![TomasVotruba](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/924196?v=4)](https://github.com/TomasVotruba "TomasVotruba (7 commits)")[![github-actions[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/15368?v=4)](https://github.com/github-actions[bot] "github-actions[bot] (5 commits)")[![simp42](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3244017?v=4)](https://github.com/simp42 "simp42 (3 commits)")[![ELD](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/650044?v=4)](https://github.com/ELD "ELD (1 commits)") --- Tags human-readablephpregexregular-expressionregular-expressionsphpbuilderregex ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Static AnalysisPHPStan Type Coverage Yes ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/gherkins-regexpbuilderphp/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/gherkins-regexpbuilderphp/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/gherkins-regexpbuilderphp) ``` ### Alternatives [reisraff/phulp The task manager for PHP 29412.2k10](/packages/reisraff-phulp)[selvinortiz/flux Fluent regular expressions in PHP. 3382.1k3](/packages/selvinortiz-flux)[godbout/dash-docset-builder Dash (LOVE) Docset Builder in PHP (LOVE). 1263.6k](/packages/godbout-dash-docset-builder) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)