Re: reading/parsing file names

In article <koly-ADA993.15414725102003@pb1.pair.com>, koly@koly.com (Koly) wrote: > my problem: > I've got a list of files in a directory, and I'd like to get a only of > filenames that end in ".jpg", however, exlude the files that end in > ".thumb.jpg" > > ex: > file.php > index.htm > photo.jpg > photo.thumb.jpg > etc > > > how can I count only those files that end with ".jpg" ? > > Any help appreciated. > > -- > koly out. sorry, after re-reading, I'm not sure this post makes sense - I'd like to get a count of all the ".jpg" files in a specific directory and exclude all other files. Secondarily, I'd like to be able to refer to only ".thumb.jpg" files for another instance (displaying those images) - but I assume once I figure out how to parse/explode/read/exclude unwanted random file names, I'll be able to figure out how to look for specific file names I want. Basically, I need a kind of wildcard filename parse? Something like: if($file == '*.thumb.jpg')