PHP | fnmatch() Function
December 15, 2020
Hello dear readers! welcome back to another edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be discussing about the PHP fnmatch() Function.
The built-in fnmatch() function in PHP matches filename or string against a specified pattern.
The built-in fnmatch() function in PHP matches filename or string against a specified pattern.
Syntax
Following below is the syntax to use this function -
bool fnmatch ( string $pattern , string $string [, int $flags = 0 ] )
This function can check if passed string could match the given shell wildcard, and this built-in function can't be implemented on Windows platforms.
Example
Try out the below example -
<?php $color = "phpcodez.txt"; if(fnmatch("*phpcode[zs].txt", $color)) { echo "phpcodez"; } else { echo "Color not found!"; } ?>
Output
When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -
phpcodez
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