fnmatch Match filename against a pattern &reftitle.description; boolfnmatch stringpattern stringstring intflags0 fnmatch checks if the passed string would match the given shell wildcard pattern. &reftitle.parameters; pattern The shell wildcard pattern. string The tested string. This function is especially useful 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 '?' and '*' wildcards so using fnmatch instead of preg_match for frontend search expression input may be way more convenient for non-programming users. flags One of the FNM_XXX constants. &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns &true; if there is a match, &false; otherwise. &reftitle.changelog; &Version; &Description; 5.3.0 This function is now available on Windows platforms. &reftitle.examples; ]]> &reftitle.notes; For now this function is not available on non-POSIX compliant systems. &reftitle.seealso; glob preg_match sscanf printf sprintf