Req #69385 [NEW]: Add glob_get_base_path() function

From: bschussek at gmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: 5.6.8RC1 Package: Filesystem function related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Add glob_get_base_path() function Description: ------------ I'd love to see a glob_get_base_path() function that returns the base path of a glob following the rules used by glob(). The base path is the most specific directory path of a glob. Knowing the base path is useful when mapping a glob to a target directory. This mapping can be used, for example, to copy the matched files to the directory. Signature: glob_get_base_path(string $glob[, int $flags = 0]) $glob - a glob $flags - the glob() flags Result: string - the base path of the glob Usage example: <?php // could be stored in the application configuration define('SOURCE_GLOB', 'css/*.css'); define('TARGET_DIR', 'public_html/css'); // runtime $basePath = glob_get_base_path(SOURCE_GLOB); $basePathLength = strlen($basePath); foreach (glob($glob) as $sourcePath) { $targetPath = substr_replace($sourcePath, TARGET_DIR, 0, $basePathLength); copy($sourcePath, $targetPath); } Test script: --------------- <?php echo glob_get_base_path('*.css')."\n"; echo glob_get_base_path('/*.css')."\n"; echo glob_get_base_path('css/*.css)."\n"; echo glob_get_base_path('css/foo*.css)."\n"; echo glob_get_base_path('css/foo{bar,baz}.css)."\n"; Expected result: ---------------- . / css css css -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69385&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69385&r=mysqlcfg