Advanced Firewall string-matchin

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Please help understand how the string-matching functions under “Immediately block IPs that access these URLs”:

Will the two following pairs of strings be an equal match, or can the wildcard be used in such ways?

1) /error.php & /error.php*
2) /Backup & /backup
3) /config* & /config.php
4) /demo/ & /demo*
5) /preview.php* & /preview.php?value=1
6) /ALFA_DATA and /*ALFA_DATA
7) /wp-content/*/alfacgiapi & /wp-content/plugins/alfacgiapi
8) /wp-22.php* & /wp-22.php?*

Are there any other wildcard characters/expressions that can be used for this setting in addition to the asterisk?

Does this setting take precedence over any built-in firewall rules? (i.e. produce a 503 before a 403 from the blacklists?)

Thank you.

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