<?php
$re = '/(.*?)(\[\w{3}=\')(\w+\.\w+)(\'\])(.*?)(\[\w{3}=\')(\w+\.\w+).*/s';
$str = 'Hello, view this pdf [PDF=\'hello.pdf\']
and then view this PDF [PDF=\'goodmorning.pdf\']';
$subst = '$0';
$result = preg_replace($re, $subst, $str);
echo $result;
Hello, view this pdf [PDF='hello.pdf']
and then view this PDF [PDF='goodmorning.pdf']
Output for 8.3.5
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'sodium.so' (tried: /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so (libsodium.so.23: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so (/usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0
Hello, view this pdf [PDF='hello.pdf']
and then view this PDF [PDF='goodmorning.pdf']