Using the Laravel framework I need to check the value of a submitted field against a set of valid values.

The problem is Laravel uses the | character to separate validation rules belonging to a field.

This does not work, it throws a

"preg_match: No ending delimiter '/' found":

'my_field' => 'match:/^(value1|value2|different value|yet another)$/'

How does one escapes the | character in this case if the \ character does not help?

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