<?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 = '$1 <object data=\\"https://myurl.com/media/$3\\" class=\\"pdf-shortcode-iframe" type=\\"application/pdf\\"> <iframe class=\\"pdf-shortcode-iframe\\" src=\\"https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https://myurl.com/media/$3&embedded=true\\"></iframe> </object>$5 <object data=\\"https://myurl.com/media/$7\\" class=\\"pdf-shortcode-iframe\\" type=\\"application/pdf\\"> <iframe class=\\"pdf-shortcode-iframe\\" src=\\"https://docs.google.com/viewer? url=https://myurl.com/media/$3&embedded=true"></iframe> </object>';
$result = preg_replace($re, $subst, $str);
echo "The result of the substitution is ".$result;
The result of the substitution is Hello, view this pdf <object data=\"https://myurl.com/media/hello.pdf\" class=\"pdf-shortcode-iframe" type=\"application/pdf\"> <iframe class=\"pdf-shortcode-iframe\" src=\"https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https://myurl.com/media/hello.pdf&embedded=true\"></iframe> </object>
and then view this PDF <object data=\"https://myurl.com/media/goodmorning.pdf\" class=\"pdf-shortcode-iframe\" type=\"application/pdf\"> <iframe class=\"pdf-shortcode-iframe\" src=\"https://docs.google.com/viewer? url=https://myurl.com/media/hello.pdf&embedded=true"></iframe> </object>
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
The result of the substitution is Hello, view this pdf <object data=\"https://myurl.com/media/hello.pdf\" class=\"pdf-shortcode-iframe" type=\"application/pdf\"> <iframe class=\"pdf-shortcode-iframe\" src=\"https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https://myurl.com/media/hello.pdf&embedded=true\"></iframe> </object>
and then view this PDF <object data=\"https://myurl.com/media/goodmorning.pdf\" class=\"pdf-shortcode-iframe\" type=\"application/pdf\"> <iframe class=\"pdf-shortcode-iframe\" src=\"https://docs.google.com/viewer? url=https://myurl.com/media/hello.pdf&embedded=true"></iframe> </object>