[thelist] PHP - wildcard with stristr()
Bill Haenel
bill at webmarketingworx.com
Sat Mar 23 12:18:01 CST 2002
> | Anyone know if there's any way to use any sort of
> | wildcard with PHP's stristr()?
>
>
> It is perhaps easier to give you ideas if you state your problem? Most
> likely, a wild card may not be the best solution to your problem to
> begin with but reg exp functions like "eregi".
I'm running a very simple list of files in any given directory based on
certain criteria. i.e., list if file name contains "whatever". I was hoping
to enable something like 'name%' or 'name_number', where '%' and '_' are the
wildcards, as you would do with SQL.
a specific example:
if ($file != "." and $file != ".." and stristr("$searchstring", $file)) {
echo $file;
}
$searchstring could then be "name_numebr" or "name%" or something.
Thanks,
Bill
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