GLOB
Find pathnames matching a pattern
SYNTAX
glob ( string $pattern [, int $flags = 0 ] ) : array
PARAMETERS
pattern
The pattern. No tilde expansion or parameter substitution is done. Special characters:
| * | Matches zero or more characters. |
| ? | Matches exactly one character (any character). |
| [...] | Matches one character from a group of characters. If the first character is !, matches any character not in the group. |
| \ | Escapes the following character, except when the GLOB_NOESCAPE flag is used. |
flags
| GLOB_MARK | Adds a slash to each directory returned |
| GLOB_NOSORT | Return files as they appear in the directory (no sorting). When this flag is not used, the pathnames are sorted alphabetically |
| 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| GLOB_NOESCAPE | Backslashes do not quote metacharacters |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. |
RETURN
Returns an array containing the matched files/directories, an empty array if no file matched or FALSE on error.
Note: On some systems it is impossible to distinguish between empty match and an error.
EXAMPLES
PATTERN
Array
(
[0] => /bin
[1] => /dev
[2] => /etc
[3] => /home
[4] => /lib
[5] => /lib64
[6] => /opt
[7] => /proc
[8] => /root
[9] => /sbin
[10] => /scripts
[11] => /tmp
[12] => /usr
[13] => /var
)
FLAGS | GLOB_MARK
Array
(
[0] => /bin/
[1] => /dev/
[2] => /etc/
[3] => /home/
[4] => /lib/
[5] => /lib64/
[6] => /opt/
[7] => /proc/
[8] => /root/
[9] => /sbin/
[10] => /scripts/
[11] => /tmp/
[12] => /usr/
[13] => /var/
)
FLAGS | GLOB_NOSORT
Array
(
[0] => /root
[1] => /bin
[2] => /home
[3] => /proc
[4] => /opt
[5] => /lib64
[6] => /sbin
[7] => /var
[8] => /usr
[9] => /dev
[10] => /scripts
[11] => /etc
[12] => /tmp
[13] => /lib
)
FLAGS | GLOB_NOCHECK
Array
(
[0] => pattern
)
FLAGS | GLOB_BRACE
Array
(
[0] => /etc/DIR_COLORS
[1] => /etc/DIR_COLORS.256color
[2] => /etc/DIR_COLORS.lightbgcolor
[3] => /etc/ImageMagick
[4] => /etc/aliases
[5] => /etc/aliases.db
[6] => /etc/alternatives
[7] => /etc/apache2
[8] => /etc/at.deny
[9] => /etc/backupmxhosts
[10] => /etc/bash_completion.d
[11] => /etc/bashrc
[12] => /etc/cl.nodejs
[13] => /etc/cl.php.d
[14] => /etc/cl.python
[15] => /etc/cl.selector
[16] => /etc/clamd.conf
[17] => /etc/cpanel
[18] => /etc/cron.daily
[19] => /etc/default
[20] => /etc/domainusers
[21] => /etc/environment
[22] => /etc/fonts
[23] => /etc/gcrypt
[24] => /etc/ghostscript
[25] => /etc/group
[26] => /etc/host.conf
[27] => /etc/hosts
[28] => /etc/inputrc
[29] => /etc/ld.so.cache
[30] => /etc/ld.so.conf
[31] => /etc/ld.so.conf.d
[32] => /etc/lftp.conf
[33] => /etc/localtime
[34] => /etc/lynx-site.cfg
[35] => /etc/lynx.cfg
[36] => /etc/lynx.lss
[37] => /etc/mail
[38] => /etc/mail.rc
[39] => /etc/mailcap
[40] => /etc/mailhelo
[41] => /etc/mailips
[42] => /etc/man.config
[43] => /etc/mime.types
[44] => /etc/my.cnf
[45] => /etc/my.cnf.d
[46] => /etc/nsswitch.conf
[47] => /etc/odbc.ini
[48] => /etc/odbcinst.ini
[49] => /etc/openldap
[50] => /etc/pam.d
[51] => /etc/pango
[52] => /etc/passwd
[53] => /etc/pki
[54] => /etc/profile
[55] => /etc/profile.d
[56] => /etc/protocols
[57] => /etc/rc.d
[58] => /etc/resolv.conf
[59] => /etc/rpc
[60] => /etc/sasl2
[61] => /etc/scl
[62] => /etc/screenrc
[63] => /etc/security
[64] => /etc/senderverifybypasshosts
[65] => /etc/services
[66] => /etc/shadow
[67] => /etc/skel
[68] => /etc/skipsmtpcheckhosts
[69] => /etc/snmp
[70] => /etc/spammeripblocks
[71] => /etc/ssh
[72] => /etc/ssl
[73] => /etc/sysconfig
[74] => /etc/trustedmailhosts
[75] => /etc/udev
[76] => /etc/vimrc
[77] => /etc/virc
[78] => /etc/wgetrc
[79] => /etc/xinetd.d
[80] => /etc/zlogin
[81] => /etc/zlogout
[82] => /etc/zprofile
[83] => /etc/zshenv
[84] => /etc/zshrc
[85] => /tmp/my-errors.log
[86] => /tmp/myerror.log
[87] => /tmp/mysql.sock
[88] => /tmp/tmp.3u9owoNfJm
[89] => /tmp/tmp.7CBGx3V53Q
[90] => /tmp/tmp.CmIl17sCoT
[91] => /tmp/tmp.YaldXUB55b
[92] => /tmp/tmp.dDEOhG4B1Q
[93] => /tmp/tmp.eJVE21oVsG
[94] => /tmp/tmp.nx44InfHN4
[95] => /tmp/tmp.xZXxkzdrVv
)
FLAGS | GLOB_ONLYDIR
Array
(
[0] => /etc/ImageMagick
[1] => /etc/alternatives
[2] => /etc/apache2
[3] => /etc/bash_completion.d
[4] => /etc/cl.nodejs
[5] => /etc/cl.php.d
[6] => /etc/cl.python
[7] => /etc/cl.selector
[8] => /etc/cpanel
[9] => /etc/cron.daily
[10] => /etc/default
[11] => /etc/fonts
[12] => /etc/gcrypt
[13] => /etc/ghostscript
[14] => /etc/ld.so.conf.d
[15] => /etc/mail
[16] => /etc/my.cnf.d
[17] => /etc/openldap
[18] => /etc/pam.d
[19] => /etc/pango
[20] => /etc/pki
[21] => /etc/profile.d
[22] => /etc/rc.d
[23] => /etc/sasl2
[24] => /etc/scl
[25] => /etc/security
[26] => /etc/skel
[27] => /etc/snmp
[28] => /etc/ssh
[29] => /etc/ssl
[30] => /etc/sysconfig
[31] => /etc/udev
[32] => /etc/xinetd.d
)
FLAGS | GLOB_ERR