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Title	Test Details URL Validator
Expression	^(http\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+)*\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}(?:\/[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)*(?:\/[a-zA-Z0-9_]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}(?:\?[a-zA-Z0-9_]+\=[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?)?(?:\&[a-zA-Z0-9_]+\=[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)*)$
Description	A simple but powerful URL validating regex. Will only accept hyper text transfer protocol (http) but can be easily changed to accept others. Accepts multiple subdomains and subdirectories. Even accept query strings.
Matches	http://website.com | http://subdomain.web-site.com/cgi-bin/perl.cgi?key1=value1&key2=value2
Non-Matches	http://website.com/perl.cgi?key= | http://web-site.com/cgi-bin/perl.cgi?key1=value1&key2
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Email Validator
Expression	^([a-zA-Z0-9]+[a-zA-Z0-9._%-]*@(?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,4})$
Description	After reading RFC2822 (then taking two asprin) I've come to the conclusion that I will not allow all RFC compliant email addresses to be entered at the forms on my site and will never have an issue with it. I re-enabled this regex, with a little user suggested edit, because I demand a stricter tolerance for my website than RFC allows. If you're like me and only want to allow minimal characters, then use this regex. Also, I've never met anyone who would submit an email address taking full advantage of RFC2822's allowances nor would I care to accomodate one who would.
Matches	name@email.com
Non-Matches	name@something.email.com
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Image URL
Expression	^(http\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}(?:\/\S*)?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_])+\.(?:jpg|jpeg|gif|png))$
Description	A nice little regex to verify a URL pointing towards an image. Can be useful.
Matches	http://website.com/directory/image.gif
Non-Matches	www.website.com/image.php
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Query String Regex
Expression	^((?:\?[a-zA-Z0-9_]+\=[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?(?:\&[a-zA-Z0-9_]+\=[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)*)$
Description	This is a very simple regex that check the query part of a string. That is to say anything after the "?" at the end of an URL.
Matches	?key=value | ?key1=value1&key2=value2
Non-Matches	key=value | ?key=value&
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Absolute Path
Expression	^((?:\/[a-zA-Z0-9]+(?:_[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*(?:\-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*)+)$
Description	An overly simple UNIX based path regex. The path must begin with a forward slash. The path segments may not lead or end with an underscore or dash which is a good thing. They also can not be doubled (__ or --). Another good thing. I've omitted all the punctuation that RFC allows until further notice.
Matches	/users/web/mysite/web/cgi-bin
Non-Matches	/users/web/my site/web/cgi-bin | users/web/mysite/web/cgi-bin/
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Basic Name or Title
Expression	^([a-zA-Z0-9]+(?: [a-zA-Z0-9]+)*)$
Description	This is a very basic regex for a simple name or title. It must begin and end with a word character and may contain spaces. No punctuation :(
Matches	My Category
Non-Matches	any nonword character and leading/trailing spaces
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details RFC Compliant Path
Expression	^(/(?:(?:(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\\-_.!~*'():\@&=+\$,]+|(?:%[a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9]))*)(?:;(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\\-_.!~*'():\@&=+\$,]+|(?:%[a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9]))*))*)(?:/(?:(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\\-_.!~*'():\@&=+\$,]+|(?:%[a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9]))*)(?:;(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\\-_.!~*'():\@&=+\$,]+|(?:%[a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9]))*))*))*))$
Description	After reading RFC2396 and researching it a little more I put together this regex rather than update my non-compliant, overly simple one. More specificaly an absolute path.
Matches	All RFC2396 compliant paths
Non-Matches	A non-RFC2396 compliant path
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details US Phone Number
Expression	^(1?(?: |\-|\.)?(?:\(\d{3}\)|\d{3})(?: |\-|\.)?\d{3}(?: |\-|\.)?\d{4})$
Description	This is my simple phone number regex. There are many like it but this is mine. It accepts the most common United States phone number formats that normal people use. The number 1 at the beginning is optional and so is the separators. The separators can be a dash (-), a period (.) or a space. Putting the area code in parenthesis is also an option. That's about it.
Matches	1-234-567-8910 | (123) 456-7891 | 123.456.7891 | 12345678910
Non-Matches	12-345-678-9101 | 123-45678 | 123456789101
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details US Zip Code
Expression	^(\d{5}(?:\-\d{4})?)$
Description	Just for UZ zip codes. The post office number is optional.
Matches	12345 | 12345-6789
Non-Matches	1234 | 123456 | 12345-123 | 12345-12345
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Social Security Number
Expression	^(00[1-9]|0[1-9][0-9]|[1-6][0-9][0-9]|7[0-6][0-9]|77[0-2]\-\d{2}\-\d{4})$
Description	A properly formatted US social security number. first three digits must be 001 - 772.
Matches	123-45-6789
Non-Matches	123456789 | 1234-56-7890 | 123-456-7890 | 123-45-67890
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Date
Expression	^(\d{4}(?:(?:(?:\-)?(?:00[1-9]|0[1-9][0-9]|[1-2][0-9][0-9]|3[0-5][0-9]|36[0-6]))?|(?:(?:\-)?(?:1[0-2]|0[1-9]))?|(?:(?:\-)?(?:1[0-2]|0[1-9])(?:\-)?(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01]))?|(?:(?:\-)?W(?:0[1-9]|[1-4][0-9]5[0-3]))?|(?:(?:\-)?W(?:0[1-9]|[1-4][0-9]5[0-3])(?:\-)?[1-7])?)?)$
Description	This is a regular expression to check for a properly formatted date according to the international date and time notation ISO 8601. See ISO 8601 specification for more information.
Matches	ISO 8601 date format
Non-Matches	non-ISO date format
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Time
Expression	^([0-2][0-4](?:(?:(?::)?[0-5][0-9])?|(?:(?::)?[0-5][0-9](?::)?[0-5][0-9](?:\.[0-9]+)?)?)?)$
Description	This is a regular expression to check for a properly formatted time according to the international date and time notation ISO 8601. See ISO 8601 specification for more information.
Matches	24 | 24:00 | 23:59:59 | 235959
Non-Matches	25 | 24:60
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Class A Network Number
Expression	^(10\.[0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[1-2][0-5][0-5]\.[0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[1-2][0-5][0-5]\.[0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[1-2][0-5][0-5])$
Description	The IANA resrved 24-bit block of IP address space for private internets. It's just a single class A network number. This is also RFC 1918 compliant.
Matches	10.0.0.0 | 10.255.255.255
Non-Matches	17.16.0.0 | 192.168.255.255
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Class B Network Numbers
Expression	^(172\.1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1|\.[0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[1-2][0-5][0-5]\.[0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[1-2][0-5][0-5])$
Description	This is a set of 16 contiguous class B network numbers or a 16-bit block of ip address space as reserved by the IANA. RFC 1918 compliant.
Matches	172.16.0.0 | 172.31.255.255
Non-Matches	10.0.0.0 | 10.255.255.255 | 192.168.0.0 | 192.168.255.255
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Class C Network Numbers
Expression	^(192\.168\.[0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[1-2][0-5][0-5]\.[0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[1-2][0-5][0-5])$
Description	This is the 16-bit block of the IP address space for private internets reserved by the IANA. A set of 256 contiguous class C network numbers per RFC 1918.
Matches	192.168.0.0 | 192.168.255.255
Non-Matches	10.0.0.0 | 172.31.255.255
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Punctuation
Expression	^((\'|\")?[a-zA-Z]+(?:\-[a-zA-Z]+)?(?:s\'|\'[a-zA-Z]{1,2})?(?:(?:(?:\,|\.|\!|\?)?(?:\2)?)|(?:(?:\2)?(?:\,|\.|\!|\?)?))(?: (\'|\")?[a-zA-Z]+(?:\-[a-zA-Z]+)?(?:s\'|\'[a-zA-Z]{1,2})?(?:(?:(?:\,|\.|\!|\?)?(?:\2|\3)?)|(?:(?:\2|\3)?(?:\,|\.|\!|\?)?)))*)$
Description	This is a little goofy regex to allow punctuation. I was reluctant to post it but what the heck. If it puts a smile on somebody's face then it was worth it. It sort of works. :)
Matches	"hello!" | "hello again"! | I'm back
Non-Matches	hello" | "hello again!"! | I'mnot back
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Embedded YouTube Video
Expression	(\"http:\/\/www\.youtube\.com\/v\/\w{11}\&rel\=1\")
Description	A simple regex to validate an embedded YouTube video.
Matches	a valid embedded YouTube video
Non-Matches	anything else
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Embedded Google Video
Expression	(\"http:\/\/video\.google\.com\/googleplayer\.swf\?docId=\d{19}\&hl=[a-z]{2}\")
Description	A simple regex for validating an embedded Google video.
Matches	an embedded Google video
Non-Matches	anything else
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Password
Expression	^([a-zA-Z0-9]{4,18}?)$
Description	My simple but effective password regex. The password can only contain letters and/or digits and must be at least 6 characters long and no more than 20. I know it says {4,18} but it just works out that way. The question mark was added for optimization. Also, the password can not begin or end with a space or underscore.
Matches	abc123
Non-Matches	_abc123_
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Person's Name
Expression	^([a-zA-Z]+(?:\.)?(?: [a-zA-Z]+(?:\.)?)*)$
Description	Here's a regex for a person's name. Simple but effective.
Matches	Mr. John Doe III | Billy B. Bob Jr.
Non-Matches	@$%&?
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Title
Expression	^([^_][\w\d\@\-]+(?:s\'|\'[a-zA-Z]{1,2})?(?:\,)?(?: [\w\d\@\-]+(?:s\'|\'[a-zA-Z]{1,2})?(?:\,)?)*(?:\.|\!|\?){0,3}[^\s_])$
Description	Here's a regex for a title. The title may contain basic punctuation and may not have leading or trailing spaces or underscores but that's about it.
Matches	Wow, what a day! | 100th Aniversary | This Works...
Non-Matches	!Wow,what a night | _begin_ | This ,wont work' either....
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Numbers
Expression	^((?:\+|\-|\$)?(?:\d+|\d{1,3}(?:\,\d{3})*)(?:\.\d+)?(?:[a-zA-Z]{2}|\%)?)$
Description	Here's another one for numbers. Any kind of number. Money, percentage, ect. Commas are optional and must be properly formatted.
Matches	$1,000,000.00 | 100% | 12345.67890
Non-Matches	$$10.00 | 10%% | 1234,5678, | 123.456.789
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Domain URL
Expression	^(http\:\/\/(?:www\.)?[a-zA-Z0-9]+(?:(?:\-|_)[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+(?:(?:\-|_)[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*)*\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}(?:\/)?)$
Description	A URL to a domain name. Only for http but that can be changed easily to accept more. the dashes and undescores can only be used between text and/or digits. The slash on the end is optional
Matches	http://www.website.com/ | http://my-website.net | http://another_site.org
Non-Matches	www.website.com | http://_website.com | http://www. web--site.com
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron

Title	Test Details Randal L. Schwartz
Expression	^(Randal (?:L\.)? Schwartz|merlyn)$
Description	This regex looks for Randal.
Matches	Randal L. Schwartz | merlyn
Non-Matches	Randy Smith | Arthur
Author	Rating: Ted Cambron