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<?php $str = 'echo "hello, my name is $array[foo] and it\'s nice to meet you";'; echo preg_replace_callback('/\".*(\$.*\[[^\'].*[^\']\]).*\"/', function($match) { $search = ['[', ']']; $replace = ["['", "']"]; $array = '" . ' . str_replace($search, $replace, $match[1]) . ' . "'; return str_replace($match[1], $array, $match[0]); }, $str);
Output for 7.1.25 - 7.1.28, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.25, 8.4.1 - 8.4.12
echo "hello, my name is " . $array['foo'] . " and it's nice to meet you";

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