glob() issue

[joquius]

I'm not too familiar with glob() but for some reason, when I do the following:

for example, a directory has a file named "file12.txt"

glob ("/dir/file*");  my result is null
however with
glob ("/dir/file1*"); my result is the file

I can't figure out why this is happening, but I thought I'd ask before defecting to readdir()

[Caesar]

What ya trying to do? I use glob() in a few of my scripts....maybe I can give you some example code if it's pertinent.

[joquius]

I'm merely using glob as a replacement for readdir

[Caesar]

[quote author=joquius link=topic=118505.msg484265#msg484265 date=1166040647]
glob ("/dir/file*");[/quote]

Hmmmm...that looks right. And it should work, provided you file names are "filexx.mp3" or such.

Edit....wait, try this:
[code]
<?php

$dir = "dir/";
glob ($dir."file*");

?>[/code]

Where is the file relative to where you're calling it from?

[joquius]

Well I gave the function the full path from the base dir accessible on the server. What's strange is that I have to give quite a specific spectrum for it to return anything at all. I wonder if it's to do with the number of files.