fnmatch() checks if the passed string would
match the given shell wildcard pattern.
This is especially useful for filenames, but may also be used on regular strings.
The average user may be used to shell patterns or at least in their simplest form
to '?' and '*' wildcards so using
fnmatch() instead of ereg() or
preg_match() for frontend search expression input may be
way more convenient for non-programming users.
Example 1.
Checking a color name against a shell wildcard pattern.
<?php if (fnmatch("*gr[ae]y", $color)) { echo "some form of gray ..."; } ?>
Warning
For now this function is not available on Windows or other non-POSIX
compliant systems.
See also glob(),
ereg(),
preg_match()
and the Unix manpage on fnmatch(3) for flag names
(as long as they are not documented here ).
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