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<?php
$relativeUrl = "/string1/(\d+)/string2/(\d+)/string3";
$currentUrl = "/string1/1234/string2/5678/string3";
preg_match('#' . preg_quote($relativeUrl, '#') . "#", $currentUrl, $matches);
var_dump($matches);