ISSUE-5320 Extended for special matching delimiters.

Author: ellisgl

src/Codeception/Util/JsonType.php

@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ protected function typeComparison($data, $jsonType)
                 continue;
             }
 
-            $regexMatcher = '/:regex\(((.).*?\2)\)/';
+            $regexMatcher = '/:regex\((((\()|(\{)|(\[)|(<)|(.)).*?(?(3)\)|(?(4)\}|(?(5)\]|(?(6)>|\7)))))\)/';
             $regexes = [];
 
-            // Match the string ':regex(' and any characters until a regex delimiter (matches 99.999% use cases) followed by character ')'
+            // Match the string ':regex(' and any characters until a ending regex delimiter followed by character ')'
             // Place the 'any character' + delimiter matches in to an array.
             preg_match_all($regexMatcher, $type, $regexes);
 

tests/unit/Codeception/Util/JsonTypeTest.php

@@ -239,4 +239,14 @@ public function testRegexFilterWithPostfixedAlternatives()
         // currently produces a false negative
         $this->assertTrue($jsonType->matches(['test'    => 'string:regex(~^(\d\d@):\d\d$~)|integer']));
     }
+
+    public function testRegexFilterWithSpecialDelimiters()
+    {
+        $jsonType = new JsonType(['test' => 'xyz']);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($jsonType->matches(['test' => 'string:regex([xyz])']));
+        $this->assertTrue($jsonType->matches(['test' => 'string:regex({xyz})']));
+        $this->assertTrue($jsonType->matches(['test' => 'string:regex(<xyz>)']));
+        $this->assertTrue($jsonType->matches(['test' => 'string:regex((xyz))']));
+    }
 }