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in thread Using Regexp Patterns as Variables

Correct. However, since the regex patterns are stored in the DB, put there by trusted users, it is effectively the same as hard coding them (without having to). $ENV{REQUEST_URI} can be mucked with without any security issues (the replacement will just fail).
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