* WP_MatchesMapRegex helper class
* Helper class to remove the need to use eval to replace $matches[] in query strings.
class WP_MatchesMapRegex {
* store for mapping result
* subject to perform mapping on (query string containing $matches[] references
* regexp pattern to match $matches[] references
public $_pattern = '(\$matches\[[1-9]+[0-9]*\])'; // Magic number.
* @param string $subject subject if regex
* @param array $matches data to use in map
public function __construct( $subject, $matches ) {
$this->_subject = $subject;
$this->_matches = $matches;
$this->output = $this->_map();
* Substitute substring matches in subject.
* static helper function to ease use
* @param string $subject subject
* @param array $matches data used for substitution
public static function apply( $subject, $matches ) {
$oSelf = new WP_MatchesMapRegex( $subject, $matches );
private function _map() {
$callback = array( $this, 'callback' );
return preg_replace_callback( $this->_pattern, $callback, $this->_subject );
* preg_replace_callback hook
* @param array $matches preg_replace regexp matches
public function callback( $matches ) {
$index = (int) substr( $matches[0], 9, -1 );
return ( isset( $this->_matches[ $index ] ) ? urlencode( $this->_matches[ $index ] ) : '' );