glob()

glob - Find pathnames matching a pattern

Syntax

array glob (string $pattern, int $flags)

Arguments

• pattern - The pattern. No tilde expansion or parameter substitution is done.
• flags - Valid 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(no sorting) GLOB_NOCHECK - Return the search pattern if no files matching it were found GLOB_NOESCAPE - Backslashes do not quote metacharacters GLOB_BRACE - Expands {a,b,c} to match \'a\', \'b\', or \'c\' GLOB_ONLYDIR - Return only directory entries which match the pattern GLOB_ERR -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.

Description

The glob() function searches for all the pathnames matching pattern according to the rules used by the libc glob() function, which is similar to the rules used by common shells.

Version

PHP 4.3.0, 5

Return value

Returns an array containing the matched files/directories, an empty array if no file matched or FALSE on error.