protected static function replaceWildcards($regex)
    {
        preg_match_all(chr(1) . '\(\\*([a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*)\)' . chr(1), $regex, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);

        foreach ($matches as $match) {
            $name = $match[1];

            $regex = str_replace("(*{$name})", "(?P<{$name}>.*)", $regex);
        }

        return $regex;
    }
protected static function replaceWildcards($regex)
    {
        preg_match_all(chr(1) . '\(\\*([a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*)\)' . chr(1), $regex, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);

        foreach ($matches as $match) {
            $name = $match[1];

            $regex = str_replace("(*{$name})", "(?P<{$name}>.*)", $regex);
        }

        return $regex;
    }
protected static function replaceWildcards ( $ regex ) { preg_match_all ( chr ( 1 ) . '\(\\*([a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*)\)' . chr ( 1 ) , $ regex , $ matches , PREG_SET_ORDER ) ; foreach ( $ matches as $ match ) { $ name = $ match [ 1 ] ; $ regex = str_replace ( "(*{$name})" , "(?P<{$name}>.*)" , $ regex ) ; } return $ regex ; }
Adds a wildcard pattern to the regex.

@param string $regex

@return null
Adds a wildcard pattern to the regex .