From ce6ca7a939499c50f9204c963dc2e74da9abb46c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Denis Ryabov <dryabov@yandex.ru>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 13:13:30 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] simplify word boundary check

---
 .../components/com_jedchecker/libraries/rules/framework.php | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/administrator/components/com_jedchecker/libraries/rules/framework.php b/administrator/components/com_jedchecker/libraries/rules/framework.php
index 9cd294d..6f9edb2 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_jedchecker/libraries/rules/framework.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_jedchecker/libraries/rules/framework.php
@@ -257,14 +257,16 @@ class JedcheckerRulesFramework extends JEDcheckerRule
 			{
 				$regex = preg_quote($singleTest, '/');
 
+				// Add word boundary check for rules staring/ending with a letter (to avoid false-positives because of partial match)
+
 				if (ctype_alpha($singleTest[0]))
 				{
-					$regex = '(?<=\W|^)' . $regex;
+					$regex = '\b' . $regex;
 				}
 
 				if (ctype_alpha($singleTest[strlen($singleTest) - 1]))
 				{
-					$regex .= '(?=\W|$)';
+					$regex .= '\b';
 				}
 
 				if (preg_match('/' . $regex . '/i', $line))