The ArrayMatcher does not match inside an existing string

[thomasbisignani]

Hello,

The ArrayMatcher does not match inside an existing string.
Examples with this following code :

$value = [
     'foo' => "http://foo.com/bar"
 ];

if (!PHPMatcher::match($value, $pattern, $error)) {
    echo $error;
} else {
    echo "Matched.";
}

This pattern works :

$pattern = [
    'foo' =>  '@string@'
];

Result:
Matched.

This pattern does not work :

$pattern = [
    'foo' =>  'http://foo.com/@string@'
];

Result:
"http://foo.com/bar" does not match "http://foo.com/@string@".

[norberttech]

http://foo.com/bar should match @string@.startsWith("http://foo.com/")

[thomasbisignani]

Yes, in our projects we used the @string@.startsWith() pattern expander.

But we can't match for example these patterns :

• http://foo.com/@uuid@
• or more interesting : http://foo.com/@string@/@uuid@

IMO, that would be very interesting for Behat tests.

[norberttech]

Agree, feel free to open PR! 🍻