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If you’ve never used regex101.com before it’s worth checking out! It explains what’s happening in plain English and allows you to write tests for your regex.

And if you’re honking about using regex, you may not need to... Here are some reasons to avoid regex.

If you’re using regex, test it!

People are scared of back references in regex, but here’s a practical example.

Nifty — matching (some) phone numbers in different formats. #PHP

Don’t use regex to validate email addresses. Use something designed to validate them instead. -@dstockto

@chrisholland @AmbassadorAwsum Looks like there’s some good stuff. Are you ever in Denver? We could try remote since we stream anyway.

Getting ready to hear from @dstockto about grokking regex in PHP! If you can’t make the meetup, you can tune into the stream here youtu.be/Y-XnXiLb0W4

Drinking up at @OMFbrewing :) No tech talks tonight, just Slack ennui and dogs.

Separating out entities vs use cases.

Kicking off the May meet up at @bythepixel! We’ve got Heath Naylor talking about Architecture Without a Framework tonight.

What're you doing this Thursday? Hopefully it's attending our meetup! meetup.com/DenverPHP/even…

This is the first time I've seen a real world use case for FizzBuzz in a longggggg time. It involves bottles of beer and numbers divisible by 6. #denverphp

I really admire anyone who can do live coding in a presentation. @dstockto is crushing it tonight. #denverphp

🙋🏽Hi SF PHP devs 🙋‍ We have a sponsor venue that wants to host us! 😍 And spoil us with light food and drink. 🍷🍕 Now we need some speakers!! Share what you are working on or present on any aspect of PHP development. Please contact us thru meetup: meetup.com/sf-php/events/…

First meetup is kicking off with @dstockto! We’re learning about TDD and refactoring tonight.

Our first meeting is only a few hours away! There's still time to RSVP: meetup.com/DenverPHP/even…

Reminder: Our first meetup is on April 26th! We're still looking for speakers so give us a shout if you want to talk! meetup.com/DenverPHP/even…