File_Find::glob()

File_Find::glob() – find matches for a pattern in a directory

Synopsis

require_once 'File/Find.php';

array &File_Find::glob ( string $pattern , string $dirpath , string $pattern_type = 'php' )

Search the directory to find matches for the specified pattern.

$pattern - a string containing the pattern to search the directory for.
$dirpath - a string containing the directory path to search.
$pattern_type - a string containing the type of pattern matching functions to use (can either be 'php', 'perl' or 'shell').

The format of the $pattern depends on the $pattern_type-value. For more information see search methods

array - an array contains all filenames and name of subdirectories, which matches the pattern. Or a PEAR_Error.

Possible PEAR_Error values
Error code	Error message	Reason	Solution
NULL	" Cannot open directory "	The given directory could not be opend.	Check typing and directory permissions. This can not be caused by a competive processing the archive with Archive_Tar

This function can be called statically.

Find all PHP files in current directory


<?php
include "File/Find.php";

$dir = ".";
$items = &File_Find::glob( '!.*\.php$!', $dir, 'perl' );

print_r($items);
?>