Takes a shortcode and content and returns an array of the parsed attributes of given shortcode

parse_shortcodes_attributes.php

/**
 * Takes a shortcode and content and returns an array of the partsed attributes of given shortcode
 * @param  string $shortcode the shortcode in context
 * @param  string $content   the content where shortcode is found
 * @return bool|array            FALSE if the given conditions are not met|ARRAY of key-values for the shortcode 
 * @author Richard Blondet <http://richardblondet.com/>
 */
function parse_shortcodes_attributes( $shortcode, $content = '' ) {
	if( empty( $content ) ) return FALSE;
	
	$shortcode_atts = FALSE;
	$pattern = get_shortcode_regex();

	if ( preg_match( "/$pattern/s", $content , $matches ) && array_key_exists( 2, $matches ) && in_array( $shortcode, $matches ) ) {
		$shortcode_atts = shortcode_parse_atts( $matches[ 3 ] );
	}
	
	return $shortcode_atts;	
}