Regex check for alphanumeric and length between '-'

Asked Jul 21 '17 at 14:16

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I am trying to do a regex check for an alphanumeric string that takes the following format:

45fe47hu-f8b9-40ef-c30b-b07fdb726a9e

so i need to check that the string is alphanumeric and follows the format 8-4-4-4-12.

Am currently using

preg_match('/[^a-z_\-0-9]/i', $string)

to test for alphanumeric but not sure how to check the length of the values between hyphens.

edited Jul 21 '17 at 14:19

chris85

asked Jul 21 '17 at 14:16

konrad

See [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/38191078/3832970). – Wiktor Stribiżew Jul 21 '17 at 14:18
What is this 45fe47`hu` ? – Jul 21 '17 at 14:49
`(\S{8}-)(\S{4}-){3}(\S{12})` – GrumpyCrouton Jul 21 '17 at 15:14

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