File_Find::search()

Description

Search the directory to find matches for the the specified pattern.

Parameter

• $pattern - a string containing the pattern to search the directory for.

• $dirpath - a string containing the directory path to search.

• $pattern_type - a string containing the type of pattern matching functions to use (can either be 'php' or 'perl').

  The format of the $pattern depends on the $pattern_type-value. If this value is 'php', then the pattern has to follow the conventions of the eregi_*-functions, else if the value 'perl', then follow the preg_*-patternformat. It is recommanded to use 'perl', because this is faster.

Return value

array - an array containing all filenames

Note

This function can be called statically.

See

File_Find::glob()