GlobIterator::__construct

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

GlobIterator::__construct — Construct a directory using glob

Description

public GlobIterator::__construct(string $pattern, int $flags = FilesystemIterator::KEY_AS_PATHNAME | FilesystemIterator::CURRENT_AS_FILEINFO)

Constructs a new directory iterator from a glob expression.

Parameters

pattern

A glob() pattern.

flags

Option flags, the flags may be a bitmask of the FilesystemIterator constants.

Examples

Example #1 GlobIterator example

<?php
$iterator = new GlobIterator('*.dll', FilesystemIterator::KEY_AS_FILENAME);

if (!$iterator->count()) {
    echo 'No matches';
} else {
    $n = 0;

    printf("Matched %d item(s)\r\n", $iterator->count());

    foreach ($iterator as $item) {
        printf("[%d] %s\r\n", ++$n, $iterator->key());
    }
}
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Matched 2 item(s)
[1] php5ts.dll
[2] php_gd2.dll

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