WB 2.08.x

// extracts the content of a string variable from a string (save alternative to including files)

if(!function_exists('get_variable_content')) {

	function get_variable_content($search, $data, $striptags=true, $convert_to_entities=true) {

		$match = '';

		// search for $variable followed by 0-n whitespace then by = then by 0-n whitespace

		// then either " or ' then 0-n characters then either " or ' followed by 0-n whitespace and ;

		// the variable name is returned in $match[1], the content in $match[3]

		if (preg_match('/(\$' .$search .')\s*=\s*("|\')(.*)\2\s*;/', $data, $match)) {

			if(strip_tags(trim($match[1])) == '$' .$search) {

				// variable name matches, return it?s value

				$match[3] = ($striptags == true) ? strip_tags($match[3]) : $match[3];

				$match[3] = ($convert_to_entities == true) ? htmlentities($match[3]) : $match[3];

				return $match[3];

			}

		}

		return false;

	}

}