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glob() function in PHP
The glob() function returns an array of filenames or directories matching a specified pattern. The glob() function returns.
- An array containing the matched files/directories,
- Returns an empty array if no file is matched,
- FALSE on error.
Syntax
glob(pattern,flags)
Parameters
pattern − The pattern to search for.
flags − The following are the flags:
- GLOB_MARK - Adds a slash to each item returned
- GLOB_NOSORT - Return files as they appear in the directory (unsorted)
- GLOB_NOCHECK - Returns the search pattern if no match were found
- GLOB_NOESCAPE - Backslashes do not quote metacharacters
- GLOB_BRACE - Expands {p,q,r} to match 'p', 'q', or 'r'
- GLOB_ONLYDIR - Return only directories which match the pattern
- GLOB_ERR - Stop on errors. The errors are ignored by default.
Return
The glob() function returns an array containing the matched files/directories. Returns an empty array if no file is matched and FALSE on error.
Example
<?php
print_r(glob("*.htm"));
?>Output
Array ( [0] => one.htm [1] => two.htm [2] => three.htm )
Let us see another example.
Example
<?php
foreach (glob("*.*") as $myfiles) {
echo "$myfiles filesize = " . filesize($myfiles) . "
";
}
?>Output
one.htm filesize = 56790 two.htm filesize = 432987 new.docx filesize = 184256 students.csv filesize = 4626 php.int filesize = 1287 settings.ini filesize = 3516
Updated on: 24-Jun-2020
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