glob
(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)
glob — Find pathnames matching a pattern
Description
array glob
( string $pattern
[, int $flags
] )
Parameters
-
pattern
-
The pattern. No tilde expansion or parameter substitution is done.
-
flags
-
Valid flags:
-
GLOB_MARK - Adds a slash to each directory returned
-
GLOB_NOSORT - Return files as they appear in the
directory (no sorting)
-
GLOB_NOCHECK - Return the search pattern if no
files matching it were found
-
GLOB_NOESCAPE - Backslashes do not quote
metacharacters
-
GLOB_BRACE - Expands {a,b,c} to match 'a', 'b',
or 'c'
-
GLOB_ONLYDIR - Return only directory entries
which match the pattern
-
GLOB_ERR - Stop on read errors (like unreadable
directories), by default errors are ignored.
Return Values
Returns an array containing the matched files/directories, an empty array
if no file matched or FALSE on error.
Note:
On some systems it is impossible to distinguish between empty match and an
error.
Examples
Example #1
Convenient way how glob() can replace
opendir() and friends.
<?php
foreach (glob("*.txt") as $filename) {
echo "$filename size " . filesize($filename) . "\n";
}
?>
The above example will output
something similar to:
funclist.txt size 44686
funcsummary.txt size 267625
quickref.txt size 137820
Notes
Note: This function will not work on
remote files as the file to
be examined must be accessible via the server's filesystem.
Note:
This function isn't available on some systems (e.g. old Sun OS).
Note:
The GLOB_BRACE flag is not available on some non GNU
systems, like Solaris.
