note 54519 added to function.glob

This is a replacement for glob on servers that are running a php version < 4.3 It supports * and ? jokers, and stacking of parameters with ; So you can do <? $results=glob('/home/user/*.txt;*.doc') ?> And it will return an array of matched files. As is the behaviour of the built-in glob function, this one will also return boolean false if no matches are found, and will use the current working directory if none is specified. <?php if(!(function_exists('glob'))) {function glob($pattern) {#get pathname (everything up until the last / or \) $path=$output=null; if(PHP_OS=='WIN32') $slash='\\'; else $slash='/'; $lastpos=strrpos($pattern,$slash); if(!($lastpos===false)) {$path=substr($pattern,0,-$lastpos-1); #negative length means take from the right $pattern=substr($pattern,$lastpos); } else {#no dir info, use current dir $path=getcwd(); } $handle=@ opendir($path); if($handle===false) return false; while($dir=readdir($handle)) {if(pattern_match($pattern,$dir)) $output[]=$dir; } closedir($handle); if(is_array($output)) return $output; return false; } function pattern_match($pattern,$string) {#basically prepare a regular expression $out=null; $chunks=explode(';',$pattern); foreach($chunks as $pattern) {$escape=array('$','^','.','{','}', '(',')','[',']','|'); while(strpos($pattern,'**')!==false) $pattern=str_replace('**','*',$pattern); foreach($escape as $probe) $pattern=str_replace($probe,"\\$probe",$pattern); $pattern=str_replace('?*','*', str_replace('*?','*', str_replace('*',".*", str_replace('?','.{1,1}',$pattern)))); $out[]=$pattern; } if(count($out)==1) return(eregi("^$out[0]$",$string)); else foreach($out as $tester) if(eregi("^$tester$",$string)) return true; return false; } } ?> This function is case insensitive, but if needed, you can do this to make it behave depending on os: * replace eregi in the example with my_regexp add this function <?php function my_regexp($pattern,$probe) {$sensitive=(PHP_OS!='WIN32'); $sensitive=false; return ($sensitive? ereg($pattern,$probe): eregi($pattern,$probe)); } ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.glob.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+54519 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54519&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54519&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54519&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54519&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54519&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54519&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+54519&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php