diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/fnmatch.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/fnmatch.xml
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@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+  <refentry id="function.fnmatch">
+   <refnamediv>
+    <refname>fnmatch</refname> 
+    <refpurpose>Match filename against a  pattern</refpurpose>
+   </refnamediv>
+   <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+    <methodsynopsis>
+     <type>array</type><methodname>fnmatch</methodname>
+     <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>pattern</parameter></methodparam>
+     <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>string</parameter></methodparam>
+     <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>flags</parameter></methodparam>
+    </methodsynopsis>
+    <para>
+     <function>fnmatch</function> checks if the passed <parameter>string</parameter> would 
+     match the given shell wildcard <parameter>pattern</parameter>.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     This is especialy usefull for filenames, but may also be used on regular strings.
+     The average user may be used to shell patterns or at least in their simplest form
+     to <literal>'?'</literal> and <literal>'*'</literal> wildcards so using 
+     <function>fnmatch</function> instead of <function>ereg</function> or 
+     <function>preg_match</function> for frontend search expression input may be
+     way more convenient for non-programming users.
+    </para>
+    <example>
+     <title>
+      Checking a color name against a shell wildcard pattern.
+     </title>
+     <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+if(fnmatch("*gr[ae]y", $color)) {
+  echo "some form of gray ...";
+}
+]]>
+     </programlisting>
+    </example>
+    <para>
+     See also <function>glob</function>,
+     <function>ereg</function>,
+     <function>preg_match</function> 
+     and the unix manpage on <literal>fnmatch(3)</literal> for flag names
+     (as long as they are not documented here <!-- TODO hartmut -->).
+    </para>
+   </refsect1>
+  </refentry>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
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diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/glob.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/glob.xml
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--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/glob.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/glob.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
   <refentry id="function.glob">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>glob</refname> 
@@ -21,13 +21,6 @@
      Returns an array containing the matched files/directories or &false; on
      error.
     </para>
-    <note>
-     <para>
-      This function is disabled in <link
-      linkend="ini.safe-mode">safe mode</link> and therefore will always
-      return &false; in <link linkend="ini.safe-mode">safe mode</link>.
-     </para>
-    </note>
     <example>
      <title>
       Convenient way how <function>glob</function> can replace
@@ -52,7 +45,9 @@ quickref.txt size 137820
     <para>
      See also <function>opendir</function>,
      <function>readdir</function> and
-     <function>closedir</function>.
+     <function>closedir</function>, <function>fnmatch</function>
+     and the unix manpage on <literal>glob(3)</literal> for flag names
+     (as long as they are not documented here <!-- TODO hartmut -->).
     </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>