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Fork of icomefromthenet/reverse-regex 0.6.0(3mo ago)324.5k↑30.9%21MITPHPPHP ^8.1CI passing Since Oct 17Pushed 3mo agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/ilario-pierbattista/ReverseRegex)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/ilario-pierbattista/reverse-regex)[ Docs](https://github.com/ilario-pierbattista/ReverseRegex)[ RSS](/packages/ilario-pierbattista-reverse-regex/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2d ago READMEChangelog (5)Dependencies (11)Versions (20)Used By (1) ReverseRegex ============ [](#reverseregex) [![PHP unit](https://github.com/ilario-pierbattista/ReverseRegex/actions/workflows/ci.yaml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/ilario-pierbattista/ReverseRegex/actions/workflows/ci.yaml) > This is a fork of (that provides `icomefromthenet/reverse-regex`). Use Regular Expressions to generate text strings can be used in the following situations: 1. Writing test data for web forms. 2. Writing test data for databases. 3. Generating test data for regular expressions. \##Example ``` use ReverseRegex\Lexer; use ReverseRegex\Random\SimpleRandom; use ReverseRegex\Parser; use ReverseRegex\Generator\Scope; # load composer require "vendor/autoload.php"; $lexer = new Lexer('[a-z]{10}'); $gen = new SimpleRandom(10007); $result = ''; $parser = new Parser($lexer,new Scope(),new Scope()); $parser->parse()->getResult()->generate($result,$gen); echo $result; ``` ***Produces*** ``` jmceohykoa aclohnotga jqegzuklcv ixdbpbgpkl kcyrxqqfyw jcxsjrtrqb kvaczmawlz itwrowxfxh auinmymonl dujyzuhoag vaygybwkfm ``` #### Other examples [](#other-examples) 1. [Australian phone numbers](https://github.com/ilario-pierbattista/ReverseRegex/blob/master/examples/ausphone.php) 2. [Australian postcodes](https://github.com/ilario-pierbattista/ReverseRegex/blob/master/examples/auspostcode.php) 3. [Mobile numbers](https://github.com/ilario-pierbattista/ReverseRegex/blob/master/examples/mobilenumbers.php) \##Installing To install use composer ``` composer require ilario-pierbattista/reverse-regex ``` Writing a Regex --------------- [](#writing-a-regex) 1. Escape all meta-characters i.e. if you need to escape the character in a regex you will need to escape here. 2. Not all meta-characters are suppported see list below. 3. Use `\X{####}` to specify unicode value use `[\X{####}-\X{####}]` to specify range. 4. Unicdoe `\p` not supported, I could not find a port of [UCD](http://www.unicode.org/ucd/) to php, maybe in the future support be added. 5. Quantifiers are applied to left most group, literal or character class. 6. Beware of the `+` and `*` quantifers they apply a possible maxium number of occurances up to `PHP_INT_MAX`. ### Regex Support [](#regex-support) Example Description Resulting String (abcf) Support literals this would generate string `abcf` \\((abcf)\\) Escape meta characters as you normally would in a regex `(abcf)` \[a-z\] Character Classes are supported `a` a{5} Quantifiers supported always **last** group or literal or character class `aaaaa` a{1,5} Range Quantifiers supported `aa` a|b|c Alternation supported pick one of three at random `b` a|(y|d){5} Groups supported with alternation and quantifiers `ddddd` or `a` or `yyyyy` \\d Digit shorthand equ \[0-9\] `1` \\w word character shorthand equ \[a-zA-Z0-9\_\] `j` \\W Non word character shorthand equ \[^a-zA-Z0-9\_\] `j` \\s White space shorthand ASCII only ` ` \\S Non White space shorthand ASCII only `i` . Dot all ASCII characters `$` \* + ? Short hand quantifiers, recommend not use them \\X{00FF}\[\\X{00FF}-\\X{00FF}\] Unicode ranges \\xFF\[\\xFF-\\xFF\] Hex ranges ### Health Score 54 — FairBetter than 96% of packages Maintenance82 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity33 Limited adoption so far Community16 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity71 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 54.3% 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 ~327 days Recently: every ~268 days Total 16 Last Release 94d ago PHP version history (3 changes)v0.1.0.0PHP ^7.1 v0.2.0.0PHP ^7.4 | ^8 0.6.0PHP ^8.1 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/907e0b1752610a3cf00ef5d5a1535b02a911647e36a1bea93cc282eeaea6ced5?d=identicon)[ilario-pierbattista](/maintainers/ilario-pierbattista) --- Top Contributors [![icomefromthenet](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/746782?v=4)](https://github.com/icomefromthenet "icomefromthenet (25 commits)")[![ilario-pierbattista](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/987038?v=4)](https://github.com/ilario-pierbattista "ilario-pierbattista (19 commits)")[![baschny](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/337581?v=4)](https://github.com/baschny "baschny (1 commits)")[![mhlavac](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/743421?v=4)](https://github.com/mhlavac "mhlavac (1 commits)") --- Tags testinggeneratorregextest data ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Static AnalysisPHPStan Code StylePHP CS Fixer Type Coverage Yes ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/ilario-pierbattista-reverse-regex/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/ilario-pierbattista-reverse-regex/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/ilario-pierbattista-reverse-regex) ``` ### Alternatives [sylius/sylius E-Commerce platform for PHP, based on Symfony framework. 8.5k5.9M737](/packages/sylius-sylius)[matomo/matomo Matomo is the leading Free/Libre open analytics platform 21.7k38.9k](/packages/matomo-matomo)[drupal/core-recommended Locked core dependencies; require this project INSTEAD OF drupal/core. 6942.5M421](/packages/drupal-core-recommended)[icomefromthenet/reverse-regex Convert Regular Expressions into text, for testing 136391.8k12](/packages/icomefromthenet-reverse-regex)[contao/core-bundle Contao Open Source CMS 1231.6M2.8k](/packages/contao-core-bundle)[helsingborg-stad/municipio A bootstrap theme for creating municipality sites. 4028.5k10](/packages/helsingborg-stad-municipio) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)