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Request #81469 preg_replace(): add support for named capture groups
Submitted: 2021-09-23 13:01 UTC Modified: 2021-09-24 05:29 UTC
From: wim at squeezely dot tech Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: PCRE related
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2021-09-23 13:01 UTC] wim at squeezely dot tech
Description:
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Would it be possible to add support for named capture groups to preg_replace()?

php > var_dump(preg_replace('/([a-z]+)$/', 'ice-cream-with-${1}', 'I-like-chocolate-sprinkles'));

string(41) "I-like-chocolate-ice-cream-with-sprinkles"


Add support for:
var_dump(preg_replace('/(?<namedGroup>[a-z]+)$/', 'ice-cream-with-${namedGroup}', 'I-like-chocolate-sprinkles'));

Test script:
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php > var_dump(preg_replace('/(?<namedGroup>[a-z]+)$/', 'ice-cream-with-${namedGroup}', 'I-like-chocolate-sprinkles'));

Expected result:
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string(41) "I-like-chocolate-ice-cream-with-sprinkles"

Actual result:
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string(45) "I-like-chocolate-ice-cream-with-${namedGroup}"

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 [2021-09-23 15:57 UTC] nikic@php.net
TBH I don't think this is worthwhile anymore at this point. With preg_replace_callback you can do:

preg_replace_callback('/(?<namedGroup>[a-z]+)$/', fn($m) => "ice-cream-with-$m[namedGroup]", 'I-like-chocolate-sprinkles'));

Which is not much worse than dedicated syntax, and gives you the full generality of PHP without any questions about edge-case behavior.
 [2021-09-24 05:29 UTC] wim at squeezely dot tech
-Status: Open +Status: Closed
 [2021-09-24 05:29 UTC] wim at squeezely dot tech
Okay, I'll use preg_replace_callback instead. I just thought it would be nice if preg_replace() would support the capabilities of regex completely. But it makes sense to spend time on other things.

Thanks!
 
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