Re: file_exists()??any wildcards

Thanks. <php3@developersdesk.com> wrote in message news:912sra$b8q$1@toye.p.sourceforge.net... Addressed to: "Gary" <kcooke@mediaone.net> php-db@lists.php.net ** Reply to note from "Gary" <kcooke@mediaone.net> Sun, 10 Dec 2000 21:45:32 -0500 > > Can someone tell me if file_exists( ) can use wildcards in the string > file? And if so what are they? I want the system to look for a file > with a known directory and the first six digits of the file name are > known. But I want to end the file name with like *.*, but this did > not work. Is there maybe another way? Sorry, file_exists() looks for an exact file name. You probably need to use opendir() readdir() and closedir() to read the directory and see if a matching file exists. Rick Widmer Internet Marketing Specialists http://www.developersdesk.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net