PHP fnmatch() Function

Checking a color name against a shell wildcard pattern:

<?php
$txt = "My car is a dark color";
if (fnmatch("*col[ou]r",$txt))
  {
  echo "hmm...";
  }
?>

Definition and Usage

The fnmatch() function checks if a string or filename matches the given shell wildcard pattern.

fnmatch(pattern, string, flags)

Parameter	Description
pattern	Required. Specifies the shell wildcard pattern
string	Required. Specifies the string or file to check
flags	Optional. Can be one or a combination of the following: FNM_NOESCAPE - Disable backslash escaping FNM_PATHNAME - Slash in string only matches slash in the given pattern FNM_PERIOD - Leading period in string must be exactly matched by period in pattern FNM_CASEFOLD - Caseless match. Part of the GNU extension

Return Value:	TRUE on success, FALSE on failure
PHP Version:	4.3+
PHP Changelog:	PHP 5.3: Now available on Windows platforms