Question

In http://gskinner.com/RegExr/ below regex working but not in PHP

(?>AB/HDR)(?:[^])*?(?=AB/HDR|RUN DATE|\z)

in PHP it is saying:

preg_match() [function.preg-match]: Unknown modifier '(' in E:\xampp\htdocs.....

Not much thinking tried below variations but no result

%(?>AB/HDR)(?:[^])*?(?=AB/HDR|RUN DATE|\z)% 
> result : Compilation failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 41

%(?>AB/HDR)(?:\[^])*?(?=AB/HDR|RUN DATE|\z)%
> result : 0 match which is incorrect

Any help would be appreciated !!!

Test data

RUN DATE: 15FEB12                        F E D E R A L    E X P R E S S     C O R P O R A T I O N             PAGE:    1
RUN TIME: 09:36                               INTERNATIONAL DETAIL MANIFEST                             REPORT: FEVIP093-R1
SEQUENCE: DN,ST,BT,BA,MB,BD,DV,RT,AWB         OUTBOUND REQUEST BY ROUTE                                   



AB/HDR : 4876  6218  1850  ORIG: SYD     DEST: DAC     ORIGIN CNTRY: AU   EXPORT CNTRY: AU   SHIP DATE: 14FEB12
    CONSIGNEE ACCT : 000000000   PHONE : [phone]        SHIPPER ACCT : 141639668   PHONE : [phone]
       COMPANY: EASY FLY EXPRESS LTD                              COMPANY: INTERNATIONAL AIR PARTS
       NAME:    ADYET                                             NAME:    GREG FULLER
       ADDRESS: HOUSE NO.4, 5TH FLOOR, ROAD NO.20                 ADDRESS: 5A JUBILEE AVENUE
       ADDRESS: UTTARA, SECTOR-3                                  ADDRESS:
       CITY:    DHAKA                                             CITY:    WARRIEWOOD
       ST/PV:      CNTRY: BD   POSTAL: 1230                       ST/PV:      CNTRY: AU   POSTAL: 2102
       BROKER:                    PHONE:                     CITY:                    CNTRY:      CUSTOMS ID NBR:
    SVC: 0101 BILL-T/C: S BILL-D/T: S   TTL PKGS:     1   TTL WGT:       0.5 K   CURR: USD   CUSTOMS VALUE:        90.00
MAWB:                DESC: AIRCRAFT PARTS, 1 X FILTER

AB/HDR : 4926  0503  9651  ORIG: SYM     DEST: DAC     ORIGIN CNTRY: CN   EXPORT CNTRY: CN   SHIP DATE: 14FEB12           ECI
    CONSIGNEE ACCT : 000000000   PHONE : [phone]        SHIPPER ACCT : 354519100   PHONE : [phone]
       COMPANY: HOP LUN BANGLADESH                                COMPANY: FINELINE(4403137628)
       NAME:    MR. EMRAN                                         NAME:    MISS WU
       ADDRESS: BLDG NO. 3 (4 STORIED BLDG)                       ADDRESS: 3F BLDG D,  HUICHAO INDUSTRIAL PAR
       ADDRESS: DHAKA EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE                      ADDRESS: SECOND GUSHU ROAD XIXIANG TOWN,
       CITY:    GANAKBARI SAVAR DHAK                              CITY:    BAOAN DIST SHENZHEN
       ST/PV:      CNTRY: BD   POSTAL: 1349                       ST/PV:      CNTRY: CN   POSTAL: 518102
       BROKER:                    PHONE:                     CITY:                    CNTRY:      CUSTOMS ID NBR:
    SVC: 0101 BILL-T/C: O BILL-D/T: C   TTL PKGS:     2   TTL WGT:       7.7 K   CURR: USD   CUSTOMS VALUE:       346.50
MAWB:                DESC: PRICE TICKET L(4821100000)NO BRAND

   CRN:  492605039662


RUN DATE: 15FEB12                        F E D E R A L    E X P R E S S     C O R P O R A T I O N             PAGE:   11
RUN TIME: 09:36                               INTERNATIONAL DETAIL MANIFEST                             REPORT: FEVIP093-R1
SEQUENCE: DN,ST,BT,BA,MB,BD,DV,RT,AWB         OUTBOUND REQUEST BY ROUTE  

Answer 1

First off, this is not allowed

[^]

I’ve replaced that with .. Second, you need pattern delimiters:

#(?>AB/HDR)(?:.)*?(?=AB/HDR|RUN DATE|\z)#

Forgot the dot matches all modifier:

#(?>AB/HDR)(?:.)*?(?=AB/HDR|RUN DATE|\Z)#s