I use glob
for finding folders as
$str = "Test Folder";
$folder = glob("$dir/*$str*");
How can I tell glob
to match to find the matching folders case-insensitive?
Matching test folder, TEST FOLDER, etc.
NOTE that $str
is an unknown input to the script!
May I suggest the build of case-insensitive character ranges on each letter of $str
?
Code: (Demo)
function glob_i($string){ // this function is not multi-byte ready.
$result=''; // init the output string to allow concatenation
for($i=0,$len=strlen($string); $i<$len; ++$i){ // loop each character
if(ctype_alpha($string[$i])){ // check if it is a letter
$result.='['.lcfirst($string[$i]).ucfirst($string[$i]).']'; // add 2-character pattern
}else{
$result.=$string[$i]; // add non-letter character
}
}
return $result; // return the prepared string
}
$dir='public_html';
$str='Test Folder';
echo glob_i($str); // [tT][eE][sS][tT] [fF][oO][lL][dD][eE][rR]
echo "\n";
echo "$dir/*",glob_i($str),'*'; // public_html/*[tT][eE][sS][tT] [fF][oO][lL][dD][eE][rR]*
If you require a multibyte version, this is my suggested snippet: (Demo)
function glob_im($string,$encoding='utf8'){
$result='';
for($i=0,$len=mb_strlen($string); $i<$len; ++$i){
$l=mb_strtolower(mb_substr($string,$i,1,$encoding));
$u=mb_strtoupper(mb_substr($string,$i,1,$encoding));
if($l!=$u){
$result.="[{$l}{$u}]";
}else{
$result.=mb_substr($string,$i,1,$encoding);
}
}
return $result;
}
$dir='public_html';
$str='testovací složku';
echo glob_im($str); // [tT][eE][sS][tT][oO][vV][aA][cC][íÍ] [sS][lL][oO][žŽ][kK][uU]
echo "\n";
echo "$dir/*",glob_im($str),'*'; // public_html/*[tT][eE][sS][tT][oO][vV][aA][cC][íÍ] [sS][lL][oO][žŽ][kK][uU]*
Related Stackoverflow page:
Can PHP's glob() be made to find files in a case insensitive manner?
p.s. If you don't mind the expense of regex and/or you prefer a condensed one-liner, this will do the same: (Demo)
$dir='public_html';
$str='Test Folder';
echo "$dir/*",preg_replace_callback('/[a-z]/i',function($m){return '['.lcfirst($m[0]).ucfirst($m[0])."]";},$str),'*'; // $public_html/*[tT][eE][sS][tT] [fF][oO][lL][dD][eE][rR]*
and here is the multi-byte version: (Demo)
$encoding='utf8';
$dir='public_html';
$str='testovací složku';
echo "$dir/*",preg_replace_callback('/\pL/iu',function($m)use($encoding){return '['.mb_strtolower($m[0],$encoding).mb_strtoupper($m[0],$encoding)."]";},$str),'*'; // public_html/*[tT][eE][sS][tT][oO][vV][aA][cC][íÍ] [sS][lL][oO][žŽ][kK][uU]*