WB 2.08.x

		// 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) {

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

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

				return $match[3];