Re: Show Filename using Wildcards

Ave, Yes well, I did kind of figure out that I have to scan through contents of a directory, pull up a file list, and then do some kind of pattern matching to narrow down to the files I need. But at this moment I'm kinda struggling with the directory & file functions - haven't really dwelled into those deeply before. But yes, your suggestions seem more then likely what I'll be hitting at some stage. Thanks. On 3/29/07 3:22 PM, "Brad Bonkoski" <bbonkoski@mediaguide.com> wrote: > I'm sure there are many options... > I'm also assuming you are pulling from a file system and not a database... > So, loop through the directory and do something like this: > $phone_num = XXX > $cur_file = xxx > if( strncmp($phone_num, $cur_file, strlen($phone_num)) == 0 ) > //Matches > else > //No Match > > Ref: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.strncmp.php > (for case insensitive: > http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.strncasecmp.php) > -B