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Glob pattern matching the first part of a file name

In a directory I have filenames like 123X1.jpg, 23X1.jpg, 23X2.jpg, 4123X1.jpg. I need the glob pattern to only get listed files starting with a required string.

For example: 

'23X' -> 23X1.jpg, 23X2.jpg
'123X' -> 123X1.jpg

Last part part of the pattern is always an X. The first one is a number.

Solution

  • It's trivial with glob():

    print_r(glob('/path/to/23X*.jpg'));
print_r(glob('/path/to/123X*.jpg'));