public static function substVars($val, $props = null)
 {
     $sbuf = '';
     $i = 0;
     while (true) {
         $j = strpos($val, self::DELIM_START, $i);
         if ($j === false) {
             // no more variables
             if ($i == 0) {
                 // this is a simple string
                 return $val;
             } else {
                 // add the tail string which contails no variables and return the result.
                 $sbuf .= substr($val, $i);
                 return $sbuf;
             }
         } else {
             $sbuf .= substr($val, $i, $j - $i);
             $k = strpos($val, self::DELIM_STOP, $j);
             if ($k === false) {
                 // LoggerOptionConverter::substVars() has no closing brace. Opening brace
                 return '';
             } else {
                 $j += self::DELIM_START_LEN;
                 $key = substr($val, $j, $k - $j);
                 // first try in System properties
                 $replacement = Payone_Log4php_LoggerOptionConverter::getSystemProperty($key, null);
                 // then try props parameter
                 if ($replacement == null and $props !== null) {
                     $replacement = @$props[$key];
                 }
                 if (!empty($replacement)) {
                     // Do variable substitution on the replacement string
                     // such that we can solve "Hello ${x2}" as "Hello p1"
                     // the where the properties are
                     // x1=p1
                     // x2=${x1}
                     $recursiveReplacement = Payone_Log4php_LoggerOptionConverter::substVars($replacement, $props);
                     $sbuf .= $recursiveReplacement;
                 }
                 $i = $k + self::DELIM_STOP_LEN;
             }
         }
     }
 }