note 91475 added to function.glob

If you want to use wildcard expressions (like they are used by glob() ) to search on strings, you can use this function: <?php function match_wildcard( $wildcard_pattern, $haystack ) { $regex = str_replace( array("\*", "\?"), // wildcard chars array('.*','.'), // regexp chars preg_quote($wildcard_pattern) ); return preg_match('/^'.$regex.'$/is', $haystack); } $test = "foobar and blob\netc."; var_dump( match_wildcard('foo*', $test), // TRUE match_wildcard('bar*', $test), // FALSE match_wildcard('*bar*', $test), // TRUE match_wildcard('**blob**', $test), // TRUE match_wildcard('*a?d*', $test), // TRUE match_wildcard('*etc**', $test) // TRUE ); ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 87.166.211.207 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.glob.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/91475 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91475/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91475/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91475/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91475/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91475/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91475/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91475 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/91475 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php