[SOLVED] replace tag with array value

[53329]

class testclass
{
function begin()
{
$TEMPLATE= "<span>
        {NAME}
        {WEBSITE}
        {PROFILE}
        {OPTIONS}
</span>";
$text = preg_replace('/\{(\w+)\}/e', "$this->components['$1']", $TEMPLATE);
echo $text;
}
}
$test=new testclass();
$test->components=array('NAME'=>'my name','WEBSITE'=>'my website','PROFILE'=>789,'OPTIONS'=>123);
$test->begin();

 

Error is here

	$text = preg_replace('/\{(\w+)\}/e', "$this->components['$1']", $TEMPLATE);

 

without escaping the [] I get the error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[', expecting '('

 

When I change the line to

	$text = preg_replace('/\{(\w+)\}/e', "$this->components\['$1'\]", $TEMPLATE);

I get the error:

Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1

 

Is there a way to escape the brackets?

[effigy]

Your replacement is being interpreted before the evaluation process--swap the quoting: '$this->components["$1"]'.