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Quickly Get a List of Files in PHP with glob()

Oct 25, 2011 · 1 minute read
Category: php

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Perhaps not as well known as it should be, PHP’s glob() function is really quite powerful and exceptionally handy.

Need to get a list of files in a directory - try this:

$tools = glob('includes/tools/*');
var_dump($tools);

Want to delete all files matching a specific pattern, try this:

array_map('unlink', glob('export_feeds/my_feed_*'));

Theres lots more tricks you can do.

One word of warning though - with great power comes great responsibility!

I would advise against using any kind of user input with this function.

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