Regular Expressions 101

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Regular Expression
PCRE2 (PHP >=7.3)

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(\s+)(?:abstract\s+|final\s+|private\s+|protected\s+|public\s+)?(?:static\s+)?(function)\s+(\w+)\s*(\((?>[^()]+|(?R))*\))|({(?>[^{}]+|(?R))*})
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ixgms

Description

Capture PHP Function/Class Methods

Use regular expression to capture the whole method/function. Parse static PHP code for functions and class methods. Useful for getting tokens and possibly use to generate a Call-Graph for debugging.

Submitted by chipgraphics#gmail.com - 6 months ago