fnmatch Match filename against a pattern &reftitle.description; boolfnmatch stringpattern stringstring intflags 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 ereg or preg_match for frontend search expression input may be way more convenient for non-programming users. flags See the Unix manpage on fnmatch(3) for flag names (as long as they are not documented here). &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns &true; if there is a match, &false; otherwise. &reftitle.examples; ]]> &reftitle.notes; For now this function is not available on Windows or other non-POSIX compliant systems. &reftitle.seealso; glob ereg preg_match sscanf printf sprintf