fnmatch

Name:fnmatch

Category:File system

Programming Language:php

One-line Description:Match file names or strings according to the specified pattern.

Example

Check the color name according to the shell wildcard:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$txt</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"My car is darkgrey..."</span>
<span class="token keyword">if</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token function">fnmatch</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"*gr[ae]y"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token variable">$txt</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span>
  <span class="token punctuation">{</span>
  <span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"some form of gray..."</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
  <span class="token punctuation">}</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>