protected function checkIfInLiteral($position, $line) {
        $literal = false; // Set flag that we are not currently in a string literal.
        $escapes = 0;
        
        for ($i = 0; $i < $position; $i++) {
            // If we encounter a string literal, skip over it.
            if (($line[$i] == "'" || $line[$i] == '"') && ($escapes % 2 == 0)) {
                $literal = true;

                for ($j = $i + 1; $j <= $position; $j++) {
                    if ($line[$j] == '\\') {
                        $escapes ++;
                    }
                    else {
                        $escapes = 0;
                    }
                    if (($line[$j] == $line[$i]) && ($escapes % 2 == 0)) {
                        $literal = false;
                        $escapes = 0;
                        break;
                    }
                }

                $i = $j;
            }
        }

        return $literal;
    }