glob Find pathnames matching a pattern arrayglob stringpattern intflags The glob function searches for all the pathnames matching pattern according to the rules used by the libc glob() function, which is similar to the rules used by common shells. No tilde expansion or parameter substitution is done. Returns an array containing the matched files/directories, an empty array if no file matched or &false; on error. Valid flags: GLOB_MARK - Adds a slash to each item returned GLOB_NOSORT - Return files as they appear in the directory (no sorting) GLOB_NOCHECK - Return the search pattern if no files matching it were found GLOB_NOESCAPE - Backslashes do not quote metacharacters GLOB_BRACE - Expands {a,b,c} to match 'a', 'b', or 'c' GLOB_ONLYDIR - Return only directory entries which match the pattern Before PHP 4.3.3 GLOB_ONLYDIR was not available on Windows and other systems not using the GNU C library. GLOB_ERR - Stop on read errors (like unreadable directories), by default errors are ignored. Added in PHP 5.1.0. ]]> &example.outputs.similar; ¬e.no-remote; This function isn't available on some systems (e.g. old Sun OS). See also opendir, readdir, closedir, and fnmatch.