<?php
function drupal_match_path($path, $patterns) {
  static $regexps;

  if (!isset($regexps[$patterns])) {
    $regexps[$patterns] = '/^('. preg_replace(array('/(\r\n?|\n)/', '/\\\\\*/', '/(^|\|)\\\\<front\\\\>($|\|)/'), array('|', '.*', '\1'. preg_quote(variable_get('site_frontpage', 'node'), '/') .'\2'), preg_quote($patterns, '/')) .')$/';
  }
  return preg_match($regexps[$patterns], $path);
}