PHP templating using custom code replacing using regex

Question

How can I convert {$game.name.fullname} to $game[\'name\'][\'fullname\'] using regex.

thanks

Answer 1

If you are asking how to replace {$game.name.fullname} with the value of $game['name']['fullname'], my first suggestion would be not to allow the template to include any old variable (you don't want access to vars like $secret_password), but make an array of values that can be included.

Take a look at this:

 array(
        'name' => array(
            'fullname' => 'test'
        )
    )
);

$matches = array();
preg_match('/{\$([^.]+)\.([^.]+)\.([^}]+)}/', '{$game.name.fullname}', $matches);

var_dump($matches);

echo '
';

echo $matches[1] .'
';
echo $matches[2] .'
';
echo $matches[3] .'
';

echo '
';

echo $games[$matches[1]][$matches[2]][$matches[3]];

?>