| private patternMatch ( $start, $end, $str ) : null | ||
| $start | ||
| $end | ||
| $str | ||
| return | null | |
private function patternMatch($start, $end, $str)
{
$pattern = sprintf('/%s(.+?)%s/ims', preg_quote($start, '/'), preg_quote($end, '/'));
// set existing to matches[0] because it'a an array
if (preg_match($pattern, $str, $matches)) {
$existing = $matches[0];
return $existing;
} else {
$existing = null;
return $existing;
}
}