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Using Laravel for Advanced String Manipulation in PHP

Challenge: Adjust the Pattern to Return the Required Matches

Explore how to adjust regular expression patterns within Laravel to return specific string matches. This lesson helps you understand how to customize pattern matching for complex string extraction, improving your ability to manipulate strings in advanced PHP applications.

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Problem statement

Observe the following code sample:

PHP
<?php
$text = <<<'TEXT'
"one", "two", "three, \"four\", five", "six", "seven"
TEXT;
preg_match_all(
    '/".*?"/',
    $text,
    $matches
);

This will return the following matches: ...