Regex in string php

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Cheat Sheet 
[abc] A single character of: a, b or c
[^abc] Any single character except: a, b, or c
[a-z] Any single character in the range a-z
[a-zA-Z] Any single character in the range a-z or A-Z
^ Start of line
$ End of line
\A Start of string
\z End of string 
. Any single character
\s Any whitespace character
\S Any non-whitespace character
\d Any digit
\D Any non-digit
\w Any word character (letter, number, underscore)
\W Any non-word character
\b Any word boundary 
(...) Capture everything enclosed
(a|b) a or b
a? Zero or one of a
a* Zero or more of a
a+ One or more of a
a{3} Exactly 3 of a
a{3,} 3 or more of a
a{3,6} Between 3 and 6 of a

Options 
i case insensitive  
m treat as multi-line string  
s dot matches newline  
x ignore whitespace in regex  
A matches only at the start of string  
D matches only at the end of string  
U non-greedy matching by default

Set type customer ( group_id ) from register form in Magento

Step 1: Go to admin -> System -> Config (default) -> Customer Config -> Create new account options (tab) -> Enable Automatic Assignment to Customer Group ( Set = No ) -> Save

Step 2: Edit file ../../Customer/controllers/AccountController.php (from Core file or Module file) 

public function createPostAction()
{
    .....
    $customer = $this->_getCustomer();

    // Start Mod

    if ($this->getRequest()->getPost('group_id')){
        $customer->setGroupId(intval($this->getRequest()->getPost('group_id')));
    } else $customer->getGroupId();

    // End Mod

    ......
    $customer->save();
    ......
}

Step 3: Create register form with name="group_id"

<div class="form-group">
    <label class="radio-inline" for="group_id">
        <input type="radio" name="group_id" value="3">Retailer</label>
    <label class="radio-inline" for="group_id">
        <input type="radio" name="group_id" value="4">Designer</label>
    <label class="radio-inline" for="group_id">
        <input type="radio" name="group_id" value="5">Hospitality</label>    
</div>