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1 | <?php declare(strict_types = 1); |
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2 | /** |
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3 | * Finds intervals inside strings |
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4 | * |
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5 | * PHP version 7+ |
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6 | * |
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7 | * @category IntervalParser |
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8 | * @author Ekin H. Bayar <[email protected]> |
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9 | * @version 0.2.0 |
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10 | */ |
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11 | namespace IntervalParser; |
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12 | |||
13 | class IntervalFinder |
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14 | { |
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15 | # Leading separator |
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16 | const LEADING_SEPARATOR = "(?<leadingSeparator>\s?(?:in)\s?)"; |
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18 | # Regex to match a valid interval and any trailing string, holds the interval in $matches['interval'], the rest in $matches['trailing'] |
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19 | const INTERVAL_WITH_TRAILING_DATA = "^(?<interval>(?&timepart)++)(?<trailing>.+)*?$/uix"; |
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^(?<interval>(?&timepart...)(?<trailing>.+)*?$/uix does not require double quotes, as per coding-style, please use single quotes.
PHP provides two ways to mark string literals. Either with single quotes String literals in single quotes on the other hand are evaluated very literally and the only two
characters that needs escaping in the literal are the single quote itself ( Double quoted string literals may contain other variables or more complex escape sequences. <?php
$singleQuoted = 'Value';
$doubleQuoted = "\tSingle is $singleQuoted";
print $doubleQuoted;
will print an indented: If your string literal does not contain variables or escape sequences, it should be defined using single quotes to make that fact clear. For more information on PHP string literals and available escape sequences see the PHP core documentation. ![]() |
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21 | # Regex to handle an input that may have multiple intervals along with leading and/or trailing data |
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22 | const MULTIPLE_INTERVALS = <<<'REGEX' |
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23 | ^(?<leading>.*?)? |
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24 | (?<sep>(?&leadingSeparator))? |
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25 | (?<interval>(?&timepart)++) |
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26 | (?<trailing>.*) |
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27 | /uix |
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28 | REGEX; |
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29 | |||
30 | /** |
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31 | * @var ParserSettings |
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32 | */ |
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33 | private $settings; |
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34 | |||
35 | /** |
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36 | * @var Normalizer |
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37 | */ |
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38 | private $normalizer; |
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39 | |||
40 | /** |
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41 | * IntervalFinder constructor. |
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42 | * |
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43 | * Default settings are : |
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44 | * |
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45 | * string $symbolSeparator = ',', |
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46 | * string $wordSeparator = null |
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47 | * |
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48 | * @param \IntervalParser\ParserSettings $settings |
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49 | * @param \IntervalParser\Normalizer $normalizer |
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50 | */ |
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51 | 4 | public function __construct(ParserSettings $settings, Normalizer $normalizer) |
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52 | { |
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53 | 4 | $this->settings = $settings; |
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54 | 4 | $this->normalizer = $normalizer; |
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55 | } |
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56 | |||
57 | /** |
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58 | * Looks for a valid interval along with leading and/or trailing data IF the respective flags are set. |
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59 | * TimeInterval is essentially DateInterval with extra information such as interval offset & length, leading/trailing data. |
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60 | * |
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61 | * @param string $input |
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62 | * @param int $flags |
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63 | * @return TimeInterval|array |
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64 | * @throws InvalidFlagException |
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65 | * @throws FormatException |
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66 | */ |
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67 | 4 | public function find(string $input, int $flags = IntervalFlags::INTERVAL_ONLY) |
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68 | { |
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69 | if ($flags |
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70 | 4 | & ~IntervalFlags::INTERVAL_ONLY |
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71 | 4 | & ~IntervalFlags::REQUIRE_TRAILING |
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72 | 4 | & ~IntervalFlags::REQUIRE_LEADING |
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73 | 4 | & ~IntervalFlags::MULTIPLE_INTERVALS |
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74 | ) { throw new InvalidFlagException("You have tried to use an invalid flag combination."); } |
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You have tried to use an invalid flag combination. does not require double quotes, as per coding-style, please use single quotes.
PHP provides two ways to mark string literals. Either with single quotes String literals in single quotes on the other hand are evaluated very literally and the only two
characters that needs escaping in the literal are the single quote itself ( Double quoted string literals may contain other variables or more complex escape sequences. <?php
$singleQuoted = 'Value';
$doubleQuoted = "\tSingle is $singleQuoted";
print $doubleQuoted;
will print an indented: If your string literal does not contain variables or escape sequences, it should be defined using single quotes to make that fact clear. For more information on PHP string literals and available escape sequences see the PHP core documentation. ![]() |
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75 | |||
76 | 4 | if ($flags & IntervalFlags::INTERVAL_ONLY) { |
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77 | |||
78 | $input = $this->normalizer->normalize($input); |
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79 | |||
80 | $definition = Pattern::DEFINE . Pattern::INTEGER . Pattern::TIME_PART . ')'; |
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81 | $expression = $definition . Pattern::INTERVAL_ONLY; |
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82 | |||
83 | if (preg_match($expression, $input)) { |
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84 | $intervalOffset = 0; |
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85 | $intervalLength = strlen($input); |
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86 | |||
87 | # create and return the interval object |
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88 | $interval = \DateInterval::createFromDateString($input); |
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89 | return new TimeInterval($interval, $intervalOffset, $intervalLength); |
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90 | } |
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91 | |||
92 | throw new FormatException("Given input is not a valid interval."); |
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PHP provides two ways to mark string literals. Either with single quotes String literals in single quotes on the other hand are evaluated very literally and the only two
characters that needs escaping in the literal are the single quote itself ( Double quoted string literals may contain other variables or more complex escape sequences. <?php
$singleQuoted = 'Value';
$doubleQuoted = "\tSingle is $singleQuoted";
print $doubleQuoted;
will print an indented: If your string literal does not contain variables or escape sequences, it should be defined using single quotes to make that fact clear. For more information on PHP string literals and available escape sequences see the PHP core documentation. ![]() |
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93 | } |
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94 | |||
95 | 4 | if ($flags == (IntervalFlags::REQUIRE_LEADING | IntervalFlags::REQUIRE_TRAILING)) { |
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96 | |||
97 | 1 | $expression = $this->settings->getLeadingSeparatorExpression(); |
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98 | |||
99 | 1 | $leadingSeparation = preg_match($expression, $input, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE); |
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100 | 1 | if (!$leadingSeparation) { |
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101 | throw new FormatException("Allowing leading data requires using a separator. Ie. foo in <interval>"); |
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PHP provides two ways to mark string literals. Either with single quotes String literals in single quotes on the other hand are evaluated very literally and the only two
characters that needs escaping in the literal are the single quote itself ( Double quoted string literals may contain other variables or more complex escape sequences. <?php
$singleQuoted = 'Value';
$doubleQuoted = "\tSingle is $singleQuoted";
print $doubleQuoted;
will print an indented: If your string literal does not contain variables or escape sequences, it should be defined using single quotes to make that fact clear. For more information on PHP string literals and available escape sequences see the PHP core documentation. ![]() |
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102 | } |
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103 | |||
104 | 1 | $leadingData = $matches[1][0] ?? null; |
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105 | 1 | $intervalAndTrailingData = $matches[2][0] ?? null; |
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106 | |||
107 | # throw early for missing parts |
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108 | 1 | if (!$leadingData) { |
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109 | throw new FormatException("Given input does not contain a valid leading data."); |
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PHP provides two ways to mark string literals. Either with single quotes String literals in single quotes on the other hand are evaluated very literally and the only two
characters that needs escaping in the literal are the single quote itself ( Double quoted string literals may contain other variables or more complex escape sequences. <?php
$singleQuoted = 'Value';
$doubleQuoted = "\tSingle is $singleQuoted";
print $doubleQuoted;
will print an indented: If your string literal does not contain variables or escape sequences, it should be defined using single quotes to make that fact clear. For more information on PHP string literals and available escape sequences see the PHP core documentation. ![]() |
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110 | } |
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111 | 1 | if (!$intervalAndTrailingData) { |
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112 | throw new FormatException("Given input does not contain a valid interval and/or trailing data."); |
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PHP provides two ways to mark string literals. Either with single quotes String literals in single quotes on the other hand are evaluated very literally and the only two
characters that needs escaping in the literal are the single quote itself ( Double quoted string literals may contain other variables or more complex escape sequences. <?php
$singleQuoted = 'Value';
$doubleQuoted = "\tSingle is $singleQuoted";
print $doubleQuoted;
will print an indented: If your string literal does not contain variables or escape sequences, it should be defined using single quotes to make that fact clear. For more information on PHP string literals and available escape sequences see the PHP core documentation. ![]() |
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113 | } |
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114 | |||
115 | 1 | $intervalOffset = $matches[2][1] ?? null; |
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116 | |||
117 | # If interval contains non-strtotime-compatible abbreviations, replace 'em |
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118 | 1 | $intervalAndTrailingData = $this->normalizer->normalize($intervalAndTrailingData); |
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119 | |||
120 | 1 | $definition = Pattern::DEFINE . Pattern::INTEGER . Pattern::TIME_PART . ')'; |
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121 | 1 | $expression = $definition . self::INTERVAL_WITH_TRAILING_DATA; |
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122 | |||
123 | 1 | if (preg_match($expression, $intervalAndTrailingData, $parts)) { |
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124 | |||
125 | 1 | $interval = $parts['interval']; |
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126 | 1 | $trailingData = $parts['trailing']; |
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127 | 1 | $intervalLength = strlen($interval); |
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128 | |||
129 | # create and return the interval object |
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130 | 1 | $interval = \DateInterval::createFromDateString($interval); |
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131 | 1 | return new TimeInterval($interval, $intervalOffset, $intervalLength, $leadingData, $trailingData); |
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132 | } |
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133 | |||
134 | throw new FormatException("Given input does not contain a valid interval and/or trailing data."); |
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PHP provides two ways to mark string literals. Either with single quotes String literals in single quotes on the other hand are evaluated very literally and the only two
characters that needs escaping in the literal are the single quote itself ( Double quoted string literals may contain other variables or more complex escape sequences. <?php
$singleQuoted = 'Value';
$doubleQuoted = "\tSingle is $singleQuoted";
print $doubleQuoted;
will print an indented: If your string literal does not contain variables or escape sequences, it should be defined using single quotes to make that fact clear. For more information on PHP string literals and available escape sequences see the PHP core documentation. ![]() |
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135 | } |
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136 | |||
137 | 3 | if ($flags & IntervalFlags::REQUIRE_LEADING) { |
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138 | |||
139 | 1 | $expression = $this->settings->getLeadingSeparatorExpression(); |
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140 | |||
141 | 1 | $leadingSeparation = preg_match($expression, $input, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE); |
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142 | 1 | if (!$leadingSeparation) { |
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143 | throw new FormatException("Allowing leading data requires using a separator. Ie. foo in <interval>"); |
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Allowing leading data re.... Ie. foo in <interval> does not require double quotes, as per coding-style, please use single quotes.
PHP provides two ways to mark string literals. Either with single quotes String literals in single quotes on the other hand are evaluated very literally and the only two
characters that needs escaping in the literal are the single quote itself ( Double quoted string literals may contain other variables or more complex escape sequences. <?php
$singleQuoted = 'Value';
$doubleQuoted = "\tSingle is $singleQuoted";
print $doubleQuoted;
will print an indented: If your string literal does not contain variables or escape sequences, it should be defined using single quotes to make that fact clear. For more information on PHP string literals and available escape sequences see the PHP core documentation. ![]() |
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144 | } |
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145 | |||
146 | 1 | $leadingData = $matches[1][0] ?? null; |
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147 | 1 | $intervalAndPossibleTrailingData = $matches[2][0] ?? null; |
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148 | |||
149 | 1 | if (!$leadingData) { |
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150 | throw new FormatException("Could not find any valid leading data."); |
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PHP provides two ways to mark string literals. Either with single quotes String literals in single quotes on the other hand are evaluated very literally and the only two
characters that needs escaping in the literal are the single quote itself ( Double quoted string literals may contain other variables or more complex escape sequences. <?php
$singleQuoted = 'Value';
$doubleQuoted = "\tSingle is $singleQuoted";
print $doubleQuoted;
will print an indented: If your string literal does not contain variables or escape sequences, it should be defined using single quotes to make that fact clear. For more information on PHP string literals and available escape sequences see the PHP core documentation. ![]() |
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151 | } |
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152 | |||
153 | 1 | if (!$intervalAndPossibleTrailingData) { |
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154 | throw new FormatException("Could not find any valid interval and/or leading data."); |
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PHP provides two ways to mark string literals. Either with single quotes String literals in single quotes on the other hand are evaluated very literally and the only two
characters that needs escaping in the literal are the single quote itself ( Double quoted string literals may contain other variables or more complex escape sequences. <?php
$singleQuoted = 'Value';
$doubleQuoted = "\tSingle is $singleQuoted";
print $doubleQuoted;
will print an indented: If your string literal does not contain variables or escape sequences, it should be defined using single quotes to make that fact clear. For more information on PHP string literals and available escape sequences see the PHP core documentation. ![]() |
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155 | } |
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156 | |||
157 | 1 | $intervalOffset = $matches[2][1] ?? null; |
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158 | |||
159 | # If interval contains non-strtotime-compatible abbreviations, replace 'em |
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160 | 1 | $safeInterval = $this->normalizer->normalize($intervalAndPossibleTrailingData); |
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161 | |||
162 | # since above normalization is expected to not return any trailing data, only check for a valid interval |
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163 | 1 | $definition = Pattern::DEFINE . Pattern::INTEGER . Pattern::TIME_PART . ')'; |
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164 | 1 | $expression = $definition . Pattern::INTERVAL_ONLY; |
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165 | |||
166 | 1 | if (preg_match($expression, $safeInterval, $parts)) { |
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167 | 1 | $interval = $parts['interval']; |
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168 | 1 | $intervalLength = strlen($interval); |
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169 | |||
170 | # create the interval object |
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171 | 1 | $interval = \DateInterval::createFromDateString($interval); |
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172 | 1 | return new TimeInterval($interval, $intervalOffset, $intervalLength, $leadingData); |
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173 | } |
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174 | |||
175 | throw new FormatException("Given input does not contain a valid interval. Keep in mind trailing data is not allowed with current flag."); |
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PHP provides two ways to mark string literals. Either with single quotes String literals in single quotes on the other hand are evaluated very literally and the only two
characters that needs escaping in the literal are the single quote itself ( Double quoted string literals may contain other variables or more complex escape sequences. <?php
$singleQuoted = 'Value';
$doubleQuoted = "\tSingle is $singleQuoted";
print $doubleQuoted;
will print an indented: If your string literal does not contain variables or escape sequences, it should be defined using single quotes to make that fact clear. For more information on PHP string literals and available escape sequences see the PHP core documentation. ![]() |
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176 | } |
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177 | |||
178 | 2 | if ($flags & IntervalFlags::REQUIRE_TRAILING) { |
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179 | |||
180 | 2 | $definition = Pattern::DEFINE . Pattern::INTEGER . Pattern::TIME_PART . ')'; |
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181 | 2 | $expression = $definition . self::INTERVAL_WITH_TRAILING_DATA; |
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182 | |||
183 | # If interval contains non-strtotime-compatible abbreviations, replace 'em |
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184 | 2 | $safeInterval = $this->normalizer->normalize($input); |
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185 | |||
186 | # Separate interval from trailing data |
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187 | 2 | if (preg_match($expression, $safeInterval, $parts)) { |
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188 | 2 | $trailingData = $parts['trailing'] ?? null; |
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189 | 2 | $interval = $parts['interval'] ?? null; |
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190 | |||
191 | 2 | if (!$interval) { |
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192 | throw new FormatException("Could not find any valid interval."); |
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PHP provides two ways to mark string literals. Either with single quotes String literals in single quotes on the other hand are evaluated very literally and the only two
characters that needs escaping in the literal are the single quote itself ( Double quoted string literals may contain other variables or more complex escape sequences. <?php
$singleQuoted = 'Value';
$doubleQuoted = "\tSingle is $singleQuoted";
print $doubleQuoted;
will print an indented: If your string literal does not contain variables or escape sequences, it should be defined using single quotes to make that fact clear. For more information on PHP string literals and available escape sequences see the PHP core documentation. ![]() |
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193 | } |
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194 | |||
195 | 2 | if (!$trailingData) { |
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196 | throw new FormatException("Could not find any valid trailing data."); |
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PHP provides two ways to mark string literals. Either with single quotes String literals in single quotes on the other hand are evaluated very literally and the only two
characters that needs escaping in the literal are the single quote itself ( Double quoted string literals may contain other variables or more complex escape sequences. <?php
$singleQuoted = 'Value';
$doubleQuoted = "\tSingle is $singleQuoted";
print $doubleQuoted;
will print an indented: If your string literal does not contain variables or escape sequences, it should be defined using single quotes to make that fact clear. For more information on PHP string literals and available escape sequences see the PHP core documentation. ![]() |
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197 | } |
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198 | |||
199 | 2 | $intervalLength = strlen($interval); |
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200 | 2 | $intervalOffset = 0; # since we don't allow leading data here |
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201 | |||
202 | # create the interval object |
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203 | 2 | $interval = \DateInterval::createFromDateString($interval); |
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204 | 2 | return new TimeInterval($interval, $intervalOffset, $intervalLength, null, $trailingData); |
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205 | } |
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206 | |||
207 | throw new FormatException("Given input does not contain a valid interval. Keep in mind leading data is not allowed with current flag."); |
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Given input does not con...owed with current flag. does not require double quotes, as per coding-style, please use single quotes.
PHP provides two ways to mark string literals. Either with single quotes String literals in single quotes on the other hand are evaluated very literally and the only two
characters that needs escaping in the literal are the single quote itself ( Double quoted string literals may contain other variables or more complex escape sequences. <?php
$singleQuoted = 'Value';
$doubleQuoted = "\tSingle is $singleQuoted";
print $doubleQuoted;
will print an indented: If your string literal does not contain variables or escape sequences, it should be defined using single quotes to make that fact clear. For more information on PHP string literals and available escape sequences see the PHP core documentation. ![]() |
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208 | } |
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209 | |||
210 | if ($flags & IntervalFlags::MULTIPLE_INTERVALS) { |
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211 | |||
212 | $payload = []; |
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213 | $separator = ($this->settings->getSeparationType() == 'symbol') |
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214 | ? $this->settings->getSymbolSeparator() |
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215 | : $this->settings->getWordSeparator(); |
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216 | |||
217 | $expression = "/(?J)\b(?:(?<match>.*?)\s?{$separator})\s?|\b(?<match>.*)/ui"; |
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218 | |||
219 | if (preg_match_all($expression, $input, $intervals, PREG_SET_ORDER)) { |
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220 | |||
221 | $intervalSet = array_filter(array_map(function($set) { |
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222 | foreach ($iter = new IntervalIterator($set) as $key => $interval) { |
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223 | if ($iter->key() === 'match') { |
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224 | return $interval; |
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225 | } |
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226 | } |
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227 | }, $intervals)); |
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228 | |||
229 | foreach ($intervalSet as $key => $interval) { |
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230 | |||
231 | $definition = Pattern::DEFINE . self::LEADING_SEPARATOR . Pattern::INTEGER . Pattern::TIME_PART . ')'; |
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232 | $expression = $definition . self::MULTIPLE_INTERVALS; |
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233 | |||
234 | preg_match($expression, $interval, $matches); |
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235 | $matches = array_filter($matches); |
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236 | |||
237 | $leadingData = $matches['leading'] ?? null; |
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238 | $leadingSep = $matches['sep'] ?? null; |
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239 | $interval = $matches['interval'] ?? null; |
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240 | $trailing = $matches['trailing'] ?? null; |
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241 | |||
242 | if (!$leadingData) $leadingData = $leadingSep ?? ""; |
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does not require double quotes, as per coding-style, please use single quotes.
PHP provides two ways to mark string literals. Either with single quotes String literals in single quotes on the other hand are evaluated very literally and the only two
characters that needs escaping in the literal are the single quote itself ( Double quoted string literals may contain other variables or more complex escape sequences. <?php
$singleQuoted = 'Value';
$doubleQuoted = "\tSingle is $singleQuoted";
print $doubleQuoted;
will print an indented: If your string literal does not contain variables or escape sequences, it should be defined using single quotes to make that fact clear. For more information on PHP string literals and available escape sequences see the PHP core documentation. ![]() |
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243 | |||
244 | $intervalOffset = (!$leadingSep) ? 0 : strlen($leadingData) + strlen($leadingSep); |
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245 | |||
246 | # If interval contains non-strtotime-compatible abbreviations, replace them |
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247 | $safeInterval = $this->normalizer->normalize($interval . $trailing); |
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248 | |||
249 | # Separate intervals from trailing data |
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250 | if (preg_match($expression, $safeInterval, $parts)) { |
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251 | $trailingData = $parts['trailing'] ?? null; |
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252 | $interval = $parts['interval'] ?? null; |
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253 | if (!$interval) continue; |
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254 | |||
255 | $intervalLength = strlen($interval); |
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256 | # create the interval object |
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257 | $interval = \DateInterval::createFromDateString($interval); |
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258 | $payload[] = new TimeInterval($interval, $intervalOffset, $intervalLength, $leadingData, $trailingData); |
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259 | } |
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260 | } |
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261 | |||
262 | if ($payload) return $payload; |
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263 | } |
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264 | } |
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265 | } |
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266 | } |
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267 |
PHP provides two ways to mark string literals. Either with single quotes
'literal'
or with double quotes"literal"
. The difference between these is that string literals in double quotes may contain variables with are evaluated at run-time as well as escape sequences.String literals in single quotes on the other hand are evaluated very literally and the only two characters that needs escaping in the literal are the single quote itself (
\'
) and the backslash (\\
). Every other character is displayed as is.Double quoted string literals may contain other variables or more complex escape sequences.
will print an indented:
Single is Value
If your string literal does not contain variables or escape sequences, it should be defined using single quotes to make that fact clear.
For more information on PHP string literals and available escape sequences see the PHP core documentation.