Find string within directory path using RecursiveDirectoryIterator

Question

I'm looking for a way to test on a portion of a RecursiveDirectoryIterator's object output. I know how to identify a folder, but I am new to php and unfamiliar with how to look at the contents of the folder object's path... Is this possible?

I have the following:

foreach($files as $object){
    $indent = str_repeat('   ', $files->getDepth());
    if($object->isDir()){
        //I know this is wrong... here is where I would want to find the string:
        if($object contains 'mystring')){
            echo "%%%-------found the string!\n";
        }else{
            echo $indent, "|| dir: $object\n";
        }   
    }else{
        echo $indent, "-- $object\n";
    }   
}

periklis · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-20 07:17:25Z

1

replace the line

if($object contains 'mystring')){

with:

if(strpos($object->getPathname(), 'mystring') === false){

that will search the object's full path for the string 'mystring' and return boolean false if 'mystring' is not part of the path

btw, string concatenation in php is with the dot, not the comma, so you might want to do echo $indent."-- $object\n"; afterwards

answered Mar 20, 2013 at 7:17

periklis

10.2k6 gold badges62 silver badges68 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

2 Comments

jml Over a year ago

I think you meant '==' instead of '===', correct?? SO won't let me edit this change because there are too few characters.

periklis Over a year ago

no, it's ===. because strpos returns boolean false if the search term is not contained, and 0 if the string starts with the search term. So if you use ==, it may evaluate to "false" even if 'mystring' is part of the string. See the warning in php.net/strpos

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Find string within directory path using RecursiveDirectoryIterator

1 Answer 1

2 Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

2 Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related