fnmatch()
checks if the passed
string
would match the given shell wildcard
pattern
.
This is especialy usefull 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.
See also
glob()
,
ereg()
,
preg_match()
and the unix manpage on
fnmatch(3)
for flag names (as long as they are not documented here ).