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Regex to find `$this->request->data['utility_location_id']`

I want to match the following string:

$this->request->data['utility_location_id']

Tried:

[[$]this[-][>]request[-][>]data[\[\'](\w{0,22})[\'\]]

Replace with: $this->request->getData\((\1)\)

Returns: $this->request->getData()utility_location_id']

What I want: $this->request->getData('utility_location_id')

However : The following one :

FInd : [[$]this[-][>]request[-][>]data[\[\'](.*)[\'\]]

Replace : $this->request->getData\((\1)\)

Output : $this->request->getData('utility_location_id')

But it also matches the following string : 

$this->request->data['utility_location_id']adasdadasd->datas  sad  sada ['utility_location_id']

which is a problem . How to fix it ? I know it is for (.*) .

Solution

  • [\[\'] is a character class, so it will match only one character. You should use [\[']+ instead or better just \['. Same story for [\'\]].

    See demo

    Remember to use (?:X) instead of [X] for non-capturing groups.