fnmatch() is not working ...

[Ruby Tuesdays]

in win32 installation... is it compiled with it or this is a missing
features? Thanks

[Pedro Graca]

Ruby Tuesdays wrote:

in win32 installation... is it compiled with it or this is a missing
features? Thanks

http://www.php.net/fnmatch

<quote>
*Warning*

For now this function is not available on Windows or other non-POSIX
compliant systems.
</quote>
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Thanks Pedro, what's the alternative?

imagename can be of the following:

A.bmp
A.tiff
A dark.tif
A lite.bmp
AB.jpg
AB.tif
BB.bmp
BB.jpg
BB.png
BB topleft.png
BB topleft.jpg
GA.png
GA cropped.gif
GA cropped.jpg
BB lowerright.jpg
BB lowerright.gif
etc...

If I know full/partial name(First of 1-2 characters) of the image name, and
the type could be in the following(1st one is the highest priority): png,
jpg, bmp, tif, gif

if exist <fullname>.png then display image
else if exist <fullname>.jpg then display image
else if exist <fullname>.bmp then display image
else if exist <fullname>.tif then display image
else if exist <fullname>.gif then display image
else if exist <first match of partial name>.png then display image
else if exist <first match of partial name>.jpg then display image
else if exist <first match of partial name>.bmp then display image
else if exist <first match of partial name>.tif then display image
else if exist <first match of partial name>.gif then display image
else display no-image.jpg

How do I search a directory efficiently(sub-folder search would be nice but
not necessary for now).

Thanks.
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Ruby Tuesdays wrote:

in win32 installation... is it compiled with it or this is a missing
features? Thanks

http://www.php.net/fnmatch

<quote>
*Warning*

For now this function is not available on Windows or other non-POSIX
compliant systems.
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[Pedro Graca]

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Ruby Tuesdays wrote:

> in win32 installation... is it compiled with it or this is a missing
> features? Thanks
http://www.php.net/fnmatch

Thanks Pedro, what's the alternative?

One of the function on the fnmatch() manual page might do what you want.
Or, at least, get you started with a solution.

If you run into problems, post the code you made so far.
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[Ruby Tuesdays]

Thanks again Pedro.

I try to get the example in the manual to work, but no luck. As you said, it
might not be implemented during the compilation....BTW: I'm using the Win32
version.

Perhaps you know other alternative. Thanks

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Ruby Tuesdays wrote:
> in win32 installation... is it compiled with it or this is a missing
> features? Thanks

http://www.php.net/fnmatch

Thanks Pedro, what's the alternative?

One of the function on the fnmatch() manual page might do what you want.
Or, at least, get you started with a solution.

If you run into problems, post the code you made so far.
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[Pedro Graca]

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[Please do not top post]
Ruby Tuesdays top-posted (corrected):

> what's the alternative?

One of the function on the fnmatch() manual page might do what you want.
Or, at least, get you started with a solution.

If you run into problems, post the code you made so far.

I try to get the example in the manual to work, but no luck. As you said, it
might not be implemented during the compilation....BTW: I'm using the Win32
version.

Perhaps you know other alternative. Thanks

The manual hints at glob()
which hints at opendir(), readdir(), closedir()

What did you try with any of these (or other) functions?

If you run into problems, post the code you made so far.

Please do not top post. It makes threads difficult to follow.
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[Ruby Tuesdays]

Hi Pedro, I thought I test it first before I did what you suggested.
I can't even get this to work... on win32 binaries. Thanks

<?php
$color = "gray";
if (fnmatch("*gr[ae]y", $color)) {
echo "some form of gray ...";
}
?>
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[Please do not top post]
Ruby Tuesdays top-posted (corrected):
> what's the alternative?

One of the function on the fnmatch() manual page might do what you want. Or, at least, get you started with a solution.

If you run into problems, post the code you made so far.

I try to get the example in the manual to work, but no luck. As you said, it

might not be implemented during the compilation....BTW: I'm using the Win32 version.

Perhaps you know other alternative. Thanks

The manual hints at glob()
which hints at opendir(), readdir(), closedir()

What did you try with any of these (or other) functions? If you run into problems, post the code you made so far.

Please do not top post. It makes threads difficult to follow.
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[Pedro Graca]

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Ruby Tuesdays top-posted again (corrected again):

> "Pedro Graca" <he****@hotpop.com> wrote in message
> news:c2*************@ID-203069.news.uni-berlin.de...
>> [Please do not top post]
>> Ruby Tuesdays top-posted (corrected):
>> > what's the alternative?
>>
>> One of the function on the fnmatch() manual page might do what you
>> want.
>> Or, at least, get you started with a solution.
>>
>> If you run into problems, post the code you made so far.
>
> I try to get the example in the manual to work, but no luck. As you
> said, it might not be implemented during the compilation....
> BTW: I'm using the Win32 version.
>
> Perhaps you know other alternative. Thanks

The manual hints at glob()
which hints at opendir(), readdir(), closedir()

What did you try with any of these (or other) functions?

>> If you run into problems, post the code you made so far.

Hi Pedro, I thought I test it first before I did what you suggested.
I can't even get this to work... on win32 binaries. Thanks

<?php
$color = "gray";
if (fnmatch("*gr[ae]y", $color)) {
echo "some form of gray ...";
}
?>

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting
different results."
~Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) (attributed)
Applies to both you and me :(
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[Please do not top post]
Ruby Tuesdays top-posted again (corrected again):
> "Pedro Graca" <he****@hotpop.com> wrote in message
> news:c2*************@ID-203069.news.uni-berlin.de...
>> [Please do not top post]
>> Ruby Tuesdays top-posted (corrected):
>> > what's the alternative?
>>
>> One of the function on the fnmatch() manual page might do what you
>> want.
>> Or, at least, get you started with a solution.
>>
>> If you run into problems, post the code you made so far.
>
> I try to get the example in the manual to work, but no luck. As you
> said, it might not be implemented during the compilation....
> BTW: I'm using the Win32 version.
>
> Perhaps you know other alternative. Thanks

The manual hints at glob()
which hints at opendir(), readdir(), closedir()

What did you try with any of these (or other) functions?
>> If you run into problems, post the code you made so far.

Hi Pedro, I thought I test it first before I did what you suggested.
I can't even get this to work... on win32 binaries. Thanks

<?php
$color = "gray";
if (fnmatch("*gr[ae]y", $color)) {
echo "some form of gray ...";
}
?>

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting
different results."
~Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) (attributed)
Applies to both you and me :(
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Sorry Pedro, I somehow do not understand what top post is. Now I do. Thanks.

[Pedro Graca]

Ruby Tuesdays wrote:

Ruby Tuesdays wrote:

> I can't even get this to work... on win32 binaries. Thanks
>
> <?php
> $color = "gray";
> if (fnmatch("*gr[ae]y", $color)) {
> echo "some form of gray ...";
> }
> ?>

Sorry Pedro, I somehow do not understand what top post is. Now I do. Thanks.

ok, no harm done :)

now ... as the manual ( http://www.php.net/fnmatch ) states the
fnmatch() function is not available on Windows.

You'll do better to forget about that and use glob() or opendir(),
readdir(), ..., closedir().
http://www.php.net/glob
http://www.php.net/opendir
Something like this (not tested):

<?php
$filelist = glob('*gr?y.txt');
echo '<pre>'; print_r(); echo '</pre>';
?>
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Hi Pedro, I thought I test it first before I did what you suggested.
I can't even get this to work... on win32 binaries. Thanks

<?php
$color = "gray";
if (fnmatch("*gr[ae]y", $color)) {
echo "some form of gray ...";
}
?>

Always, the manual and the user notes are your close friends
<http://in.php.net/fnmatch>

Read the user notes found on the page. It seems to have the
workaround for Windows.

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> > Hi Pedro, I thought I test it first before I did what you suggested.
> > I can't even get this to work... on win32 binaries. Thanks
> >
> ><?php
> > $color = "gray";
> > if (fnmatch("*gr[ae]y", $color)) {
> > echo "some form of gray ...";
> > }
> > ?>

Always, the manual and the user notes are your close friends
<http://in.php.net/fnmatch>

Read the user notes found on the page. It seems to have the
workaround for Windows.

Rajesh,
As Pedro said, the Win32 distribution does not have fnmatch() function
compiled in.

If I understand right, you didn't look at the manual
<http://in.php.net/fnmatch> and didn't read the user notes.

_or_ You don't know the meaning of "workaround":
1. http://www.onelook.com/?w=workaround
2. http://www.google.com/search?q=define:workaround

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[Ruby Tuesdays]

Rajesh,
As Pedro said, the Win32 distribution does not have fnmatch() function
compiled in.
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> Hi Pedro, I thought I test it first before I did what you suggested.
> I can't even get this to work... on win32 binaries. Thanks
>
><?php
> $color = "gray";
> if (fnmatch("*gr[ae]y", $color)) {
> echo "some form of gray ...";
> }
> ?>

Always, the manual and the user notes are your close friends
<http://in.php.net/fnmatch>

Read the user notes found on the page. It seems to have the
workaround for Windows.

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are citizens"
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[Ruby Tuesdays]

Hi Rajesh,
if you really follow the thread, I did mention that it is not available
for Windows. Thanks to Pedro.