fnmatch

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Match filename against a pattern.

PHP 5

PHP 7

Improved

PHP 8.1

PHP 8.2-8.3

PHP 8.4

PHP 8.5

PHP 8.6

fnmatch(
    string $pattern,
    string $filename,
    int $flags = 0
  ): bool

Typestring

The $pattern to match against. Usually, the $pattern will contain wildcards like '?' and '*'.

Typestring

The tested string. This function is especially useful for filenames, but may also be used on regular strings.

OptionalTypeintDefault value0

The value of $flags can be any combination of the following flags, joined with the binary OR (|) operator.

$flags accepts one or a bitmask of the following constant values:

Typebool

Returns true if there is a match, false otherwise.

Changes to the `fnmatch` Function

  fnmatch(
-     $pattern,
+     string $pattern,
-     $filename,
+     string $filename,
-     $flags
+     int $flags = 0
-   )
+   ): bool