File_Find::search()

Description

Search the directory to find matches for 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', 'perl' or 'shell').

  The format of the $pattern depends on the $pattern_type-value. For more information see search methods

• $fullpath - whether the string should be matched against the full path or only against the filename

• $match - can be either 'files', 'directories' or 'both' to specify the kind of list to return

Return value

array - an array containing all filenames

Note

This function can be called statically.

See

File_Find::glob()