fnmatch
(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0)
fnmatch -- Match filename against a pattern
Description
array fnmatch ( string pattern, string string [, int flags])
fnmatch() checks if the passed string would match the given
shell wildcard pattern.
This is especially useful for filenames, but may also be
used on regular strings. The average user may be used to
shell patterns or at least in their simplest form to '?'
and '*' wildcards so using fnmatch() instead of ereg() or
preg_match() for frontend search expression input may be
way more convenient for non-programming users.
Example 1. Checking a color name against a shell wildcard
pattern.
<?php
if (fnmatch("*gr[ae]y", $color)) {
echo "some form of gray ...";
}
?>
Warning
For now this function is not available on Windows or other
non-POSIX compliant systems.
See also glob(), ereg(), preg_match() and the Unix manpage
on fnmatch(3) for flag names (as long as they are not documented
here ).
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