i have tried all i know but still can't figure out how to resolve this problem :
i have a string ex :
"--included-- in selling price: 5 % vat usd 10.00 packaging fees 2 % notifying fees""--not included-- in selling price: us$ 35.00 express fees 2 % notifying fees"i want to know if the taxes are "included" or "excluded" and if the fees are "%" or "currency" the problem is it doesn't detect the currency "usd" while it's attached to the taxe name "vat usd"
how can i separate the currency from the name of the taxe in different groups.
here is what i did
(--excluded--|--included--|--not included--)([a-z ]*)?:?(usd | aed | mad | € | us\$ )?([ \. 0-9 ]*)(%)?([a-z A-z ?]*) (aed|mad|€|us\$)*((aed|mad|€|us\$)+)?([\. 0-9 ]*)(%)?([a-z A-z]*)(.*)?
and here is what i got
Match 1
Full match  0-83    --included-- in selling price: 5 % vat usd 10.00 packaging fees 2 % notifying fees
Group 1.    0-12    --included--
Group 2.    12-29    in selling price
Group 4.    30-33    5 
Group 5.    33-34   %
Group 6.    34-42    vat usd
Group 10.   43-49   10.00 
Group 12.   49-64   packaging fees 
Group 13.   64-82   2 % notifying fees
and here is what i want
Match 1
Full match  0-83    --included-- in selling price: 5 % vat usd 10.00 packaging fees 2 % notifying fees
Group 1.    0-12    --included--
Group 2.    12-29    in selling price
Group 4.    30-33    5 
Group 5.    33-34   %
Group 6.    34-38    vat
Group 7.    38-42    usd
Group 10.   43-49   10.00 
Group 12.   49-64   packaging fees 
Group 13.   64-82   2 % notifying fees
                Here is the solution:
$s = "--included-- in product price: breakfast --excluded--: 5 % vat aed 10.00 destination fee per night 2 % municipality fee 3.5 % packaging fee 10 % warranty service charge";
$results = [];
if (preg_match_all('~(--(?:(?:not )?in|ex)cluded--)(?:\s+([a-zA-Z ]+))?:+\s*((?:(?!--(?:(?:not )?in|ex)cluded--).)*)~su', $s, $m, PREG_SET_ORDER, 0)) {
    foreach ($m as $v) {
        $lastline=array_pop($v); // Remove last item //print_r($details);
        if (preg_match_all('~(?:(\b(?:usd|aed|mad|usd)\b|\B€|\bus\$)\s*)?\d+(?:\.\d+)?(?:(?!(?1))\D)*~ui', $lastline, $details)) {
            $results[] = array_merge($v, $details[0]);
        } else {
            $results[] = $v;
        }
    }
}
print_r($results);
See the PHP demo.
Notes:
The first regex extracts each match you need to parse. See the first regex demo. It means:
(--(?:(?:not )?in|ex)cluded--) - Group 1: a shorter version of (--excluded--|--included--|--not included--): --excluded--, --included-- or --not included--
(?:\s+([a-zA-Z ]+))? - an optional sequence: 1+ whitespaces and then Group 2: 1+ ASCII letters or spaces:+ - 1 or more colons\s* - 0+ whitespaces((?:(?!--(?:(?:not )?in|ex)cluded--).)*) - Group 3: any char, 0+ occurrences, as many as possible, not starting any of the three char sequences: --excluded--, --included--, --not included--
Then, the Group 3 value needs to be further parsed to grab all the details. The second regex is used here to match
(?:(\b(?:usd|aed|mad|usd)\b|\B€|\bus\$)\s*)? - an optional occurrence of
(\b(?:usd|aed|mad|usd)\b|\B€|\bus\$) - Group 1: 
\b(?:usd|aed|mad|usd)\b - usd, aed, mad or usd as whole words\B€ - € not preceded with a word char\bus\$ - us$ not preceded with a word char\s* - 0+ whitespaces\d+(?:\.\d+)? - an optional sequence of . and 1+ digits(?:(?!(?1))\D)* - any non-digit char, 0 or more occurrences, as many as possible, not starting the same pattern as in Group 1If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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