PHP regular expression to replace values in a config file

I need to use php to find and replace the database in a config file:

$cfg['database'] = 'my_database_name';

Basically, I'm trying to figure out a regular expression that would find everything between

 $cfg['database'] = 

and

;

then replace it with the actual database name. I think I would need to use preg_replace and then use the matches开发者_Go百科 array, but I'm having a hard time trying to make it work.

Can someone give me an idea of how to go about this, or point me to a good resource that would address this specific type of replacement situation?

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preg_replace('/(\$cfg\[\s*\'database\'\s*]\s*=\s*\').*(\'\s*;)', '$1' . $dbName . '$2', $text);