# Regexp::Common::URI::news - phpMan

## NAME
    [Regexp::Common::URI::news] -- Returns a pattern for file URIs.

## SYNOPSIS
        use [Regexp::Common] qw /URI/;

        while (<>) {
            /$RE{URI}{news}/       and  print "Contains a news URI.\n";
        }

## DESCRIPTION
  $RE{URI}{news}
    Returns a pattern that matches *news* URIs, as defined by RFC 1738. News
    URIs have the form:

        "news:" ( "*" | group | article "@" host )

    Under "{-keep}", the following are returned:

    $1  The complete URI.

    $2  The scheme.

    $3  The part of the URI following "news://".

  $RE{URI}{NNTP}
    Returns a pattern that matches *NNTP* URIs, as defined by RFC 1738. NNTP
    URIs have the form:

        "nntp://" host [ ":" port ] "/" group [ "/" digits ]

    Under "{-keep}", the following are returned:

    $1  The complete URI.

    $2  The scheme.

    $3  The part of the URI following "nntp://".

    $4  The host and port, separated by a colon. If no port was given, just
        the host.

    $5  The host.

    $6  The port, if given.

    $7  The group.

    $8  The digits, if given.

## REFERENCES
    [RFC 1738]
        Berners-Lee, Tim, Masinter, L., McCahill, M.: *Uniform Resource
        Locators (URL)*. December 1994.

## SEE ALSO
    [Regexp::Common::URI] for other supported URIs.

## AUTHOR
    Damian Conway (<damian@conway.org>)

## MAINTENANCE
    This package is maintained by Abigail (*<regexp-common@abigail.be>*).

## BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
    Bound to be plenty.

LICENSE and COPYRIGHT
    This software is Copyright (c) 2001 - 2017, Damian Conway and Abigail.

    This module is free software, and maybe used under any of the following
    licenses:

     1) The Perl Artistic License.     See the file COPYRIGHT.AL.
     2) The Perl Artistic License 2.0. See the file COPYRIGHT.AL2.
     3) The BSD License.               See the file COPYRIGHT.BSD.
     4) The MIT License.               See the file COPYRIGHT.MIT.