php regex catch text after

Question

I have this regex:

$pattern = '!(>+\h+)?(.*)schrieb:(.*?)!iUgs';

to match

Daniel schrieb:
> I think

That works. But when I have more than one matching target

Daniel schrieb:
> I think 

Hi,
Jessi schrieb:
> I do
test

the second match will end up in the last catching group, but it should be matched again (but the whole followup, including the second match should be in the last catching group). Is that possible?

I Want to capture

1: Daniel

and

2: 
> I think 

Hi,
Jessi schrieb:
> I do
test

and after that

1: Jesse

and

2:
> I do
test

See: https://regex101.com/r/64Rr52/2

like here: regex101.com/r/64Rr52/3 but then it should match "Jessi schrieb" etc. again like the one before — Asara
– Asara, Commented Mar 17, 2017 at 9:50
Try $pattern = '~(?m)^.*schrieb:\R\h*>.*(?:\R(?!\R).*)*~i' to get the blocks in between double line breaks. — Wiktor Stribiżew
– Wiktor Stribiżew, Commented Mar 17, 2017 at 9:56
none of this works, because I want to capture everything after the "schrieb", so it needs to be captured two times, maybe its not possible — Asara
– Asara, Commented Mar 17, 2017 at 10:59

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-17 11:17:02Z

1

You can use this regex in PHP:

~^(.*?)\h+schrieb:(?=((?s).*\z))~im

(?=((?s).*\z)) is a lookahead that does lookahead assertion and groups text after schrieb: till end of file.

RegEx Demo

answered Mar 17, 2017 at 11:17

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