Parse yaml section from Markdown file

get-yaml-from-markdown

#!/usr/bin/env php
<?php
/*
 * I like to use Markdown with embedded yaml to store certain info
 * This is a quick and dirty first attempt. I probably will find some 
 * other chars to add to the preg_match_all pattern.
 *
 */

$file=$argv[1];

if(file_exists($file)) {

    $input = file_get_contents($file);

    preg_match_all('|```yaml\n([a-z:\n!\- ./@]*)```|', $input, $matches);

    var_dump(yaml_parse($matches[1][0]));

} else {

  print "Hang your head in shame. That file does not exist.";

}

/*
This will work on files that are formatted like this:

Lorem ipsum, lorem ipmore...

```yaml
  breakfast: yaml for breakfast
  lunch: yaml for lunch
  dinner: yaml for dinner
```

Morem lorem....

*/