replace tags with PHP variables using preg_match

Question

{$thisname} should be converted to .

{thisname} should be converted to

Answer 1

$tpl = 'Name: {$name}, Surname: {surname}, City: {$person.address.city}';

function tpl2php($m){
    $var =  $m[1];
    if(strpos($var,'.')){
        $varArr = explode('.',$var);
        $var = $varArr[0];
        for($i=1;$i';
}

$php = preg_replace_callback('/{\$?([_a-z][\w\.]+[\w])}/iS','tpl2php',$tpl);
// Name: , Surname: , City: