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<?php $string = "I need to replace {X} and {Y}"; $X = 'something'; $Y = 'something else'; function parse($string) { $varName = sprintf('%s%s%s%s%s%s%s', chr(36), chr(71), chr(76), chr(79), chr(66), chr(65), chr(76), chr(83)); var_dump($$varName); return; preg_match_all('/\{(.*?)\}/', $string, $matches); foreach ($matches[1] as $value) { $string = str_replace('{'.$value.'}', ${$value}, $string); } return $string; } echo parse($string);

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