Php glob
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PHP function glob
This function returns a matched list as an array based on a specific pattern.
Syntax glob
- pattern: a string match pattern
- flags: sets rule for the match
glob(pattern, flags);
Flags
- GLOB_MARK - Adds a slash to each directory returned
- GLOB_NOSORT - Return files as they appear in the directory (no sorting)
- GLOB_NOCHECK - Return the search pattern if no files matching it were found
- GLOB_NOESCAPE - Backslashes do not quote metacharacters
- GLOB_BRACE - Expands {a,b,c} to match 'a', 'b', or 'c'
- GLOB_ONLYDIR - Return only directory entries which match the pattern
- GLOB_ERR - Stop on read errors (like unreadable directories), by default errors are ignored.
Note
Example 1
<?php
print_r(glob("*.php"));
?>
Output
These are the files in the current directory.
Array
(
[0] => fileinode.php
[1] => filemtime.php
[2] => fileowner.php
[3] => fileperms.php
[4] => filesize.php
[5] => filetype.php
[6] => flock2.php
[7] => glob.php
[8] => is_write.php
[9] => tempnam.php
[10] => tmpfile.php
[11] => touch.php
[12] => umask.php
[13] => umask2.php
)
Example 2
<?php
print_r(glob("/home/abc/*.csv"));
?>
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