- var_export: documentation ( source)
- preg_replace: documentation ( source)
<?php
$string = '{Company X Inc.|CVR-1-81287283} was recently acquired by {Company Z Inc.|CVR-1-34251568}';
var_export(
preg_replace('~\{([^|]+)\|([^}]+)}~', '<a href="companies/$2">$1</a>', $string)
);