Currently glob takes a string such as
array glob ( string pattern [, int flags] )
I would like to make this
array glob ( array patterns [, int flags] )
This would tidy up much code where a series of OR's are used to match
different patterns.
$arr = array('jpg', 'gif', 'tif', 'pdf', 'bmp', 'raw');
foreach(glob($arr as $file)){ echo $file; }
This would be better handled interally and the sequential search should
be faster handled internally.
Kevin
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
This one time, at band camp, Kevin Waterson kevin@oceania.net wrote:
array glob ( array patterns [, int flags] )
Should be
array glob ( mixed pattern [, int flags] )
Kevin
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 23:54:53 +1000, in php.internals kevin@oceania.net
(Kevin Waterson) wrote:
I would like to make this
array glob ( array patterns [, int flags] )
This would tidy up much code where a series of OR's are used to match
different patterns.$arr = array('jpg', 'gif', 'tif', 'pdf', 'bmp', 'raw');
foreach(glob($arr as $file)){ echo $file; }
glob is currently extremely flexible in its input with the right flags
and can expand a list. Eg:
print_r(glob("*.{jpg,gif,tif,pdf,bmp,raw}",GLOB_BRACE));
If all you want is to supply glob() with a list of full or partial
patterns I think the desired functionality is already present.
--
- Peter Brodersen
This one time, at band camp, Peter Brodersen php@ter.dk wrote:
$arr = array('jpg', 'gif', 'tif', 'pdf', 'bmp', 'raw');
foreach(glob($arr as $file)){ echo $file; }glob is currently extremely flexible in its input with the right flags
and can expand a list. Eg:print_r(glob("*.{jpg,gif,tif,pdf,bmp,raw}",GLOB_BRACE));
True, but not available to all. It is GNU.
Kevin
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:39:04 +1000, in php.internals kevin@oceania.net
(Kevin Waterson) wrote:
print_r(glob("*.{jpg,gif,tif,pdf,bmp,raw}",GLOB_BRACE));
True, but not available to all. It is GNU.
You are right - I missed that win32 uses win32/glob.h
I think a better solution is just to create an emulation for
GLOB_BRACE. This is nothing new, GLOB_ONLYDIR is already emulated on
systems not using the GNU C library (where GLOB_EMULATE_ONLYDIR is
defined instead) since 4.3.3.
On one hand it would be nice with more cross-platform-compatibility.
Using local libraries might create incompatibility, forcing users to
make usage of PEAR libraries and such instead of native functions
(though File_Find, that has just reached stable for a 1.0.x-release,
could be an alternative).
On the other hand, more code would make require more maintenance. Not
that it seems like glob.h is that troublesome.
--
- Peter Brodersen
This one time, at band camp, Peter Brodersen php@ter.dk wrote:
If all you want is to supply
glob()with a list of full or partial
patterns I think the desired functionality is already present.
But not on all platforms.
Kevin
--
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."