Parse MediaWiki Template-Block

Question

I have a little problem with parsing a MediaWiki Template-Block: http://regex101.com/r/dD1hC9/1

The RegEx I use to get the template from the text is: \{\{Template1 (.+?)\}\}.
The template: {{Template1 |Parameter1=Text |Parameter2=Text |Parameter3={{Template2|hier|steht|text}} |Parameter4=Text }}

Is there any possibility, to parse the complete block in an associative array (parametername => value), without loosing the template in Parameter3 respectively in all parameters?

`` You don't have to escape the `{` and `}`s. They stand as literals when used alone. — Unihedron, Jul 18 '14 at 17:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 15 '15 at 08:51

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<?php
$subject = "{{Template1 |Parameter1=Text |Parameter2=Text |Parameter3={{Template2|hier|steht|text}} |Parameter4=Text }}";
preg_match('/{{Template1(.*)}}/', $subject, $matches);
preg_match_all('/ \|(\w+)=({{.*?}}|\w*)/', $matches[1], $matches);
$a = array_combine($matches[1], $matches[2]);
print_r($a);
?>

prints

Array
(
    [Parameter1] => Text
    [Parameter2] => Text
    [Parameter3] => {{Template2|hier|steht|text}}
    [Parameter4] => Text
)

answered Apr 15 '15 at 08:51

Armali

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This works well if you have only one template in the string, but not if you have multiple templates, alas. – Mar 01 '17 at 16:33

Parse MediaWiki Template-Block

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