Glob Regex

[The Little Guy]

is there a php function like glob that uses regular expressions or will I have to make my own?

 

I want to get all files in a directory that are in the following format:

bg#.jpg

 

# is a number 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.

[marcus]

glob works just like that.

 

I have the following files

 

test/bg1.txt, test/bg2.txt, test/bg3.txt, test/bg4.txt, test/cat.txt and test/africa.txt

 

Using the following code:

 

<?php print_r(glob('test/bg*.txt')); ?>

 

I get the following results:

Array
(
    [0] => test/bg1.txt
    [1] => test/bg2.txt
    [2] => test/bg3.txt
    [3] => test/bg4.txt
)

 

Obviously you would just change .txt to .jpg

[marcus]

Actually, since you only want numbers after bg, my previous post would do anything bg* really. Here is the modified version.

 

<?php print_r(glob('test/bg{[0-9]*}.txt',GLOB_BRACE)); ?>

 

Returns

Array
(
    [0] => test/bg1.txt
    [1] => test/bg12.txt
    [2] => test/bg2.txt
    [3] => test/bg3.txt
    [4] => test/bg4.txt
)

[The Little Guy]

alright cool!

 

Thanks