blog/front.php

<?php
function extractMeta($directory) {
    $metaData = [];

    if (!is_dir($directory)) {
        throw new Exception("Directory not found: $directory");
    }

    foreach (new DirectoryIterator($directory) as $file) {
        if ($file->isFile() && (
              $file->getExtension() === 'md' || 
              $file->getExtension() === 'php'
        )) {
            $contents = file_get_contents($file->getPathname());

            // Extract title and image from the front matter
            if (preg_match('/^-{3,}\s*(.*?)\s*-{3,}/ms', $contents, $matches)) {
                $frontMatter = $matches[1];
                
                // Extract title
                preg_match('/title:\s*(.*?)\s*$/m', $frontMatter, $titleMatch);
                $title = trim($titleMatch[1] ?? '');

                // Extract image
                preg_match('/image:\s*(.*?)\s*$/m', $frontMatter, $imageMatch);
                $image = trim($imageMatch[1] ?? '');

                $metaData[$file->getFilename()] = [
                    'title' => $title,
                    'image' => $image,
                ];
            }
        }
    }

    return $metaData;
}

// Test the function
try {
    $directory = __DIR__ ;
    $meta = extractMeta($directory);
    print_r($meta);
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage();
}