PHP Get file name starting with prefix

Question

This is a custom function. At the moment, this function get all the file in the default directory, strip ".php" and list them.

The problem is that I want to only get files from the directory which has starting prefix "tpl-" Example : tpl-login-page.php

/* Get template name of the file */
        function get_template_name (){
            $files = preg_grep('~\.(php)$~', scandir(admin . "templates/default/"));
                foreach($files as $file){
                    $file = str_replace('.php','',$file);
                    echo $file . "<br/>";
                }
        }

So you're probably looking to modify the preg_grep expression ~\.(php)$~. — Popnoodles
– Popnoodles, Commented Dec 7, 2013 at 4:37

Gust van de Wal · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-06 13:18:58Z

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You need to change the regular expression in preg_grep:

$files = preg_grep('~^tpl-.*\.php$~', scandir(admin . "templates/default/"));

Explanation:

^tpl- - starting with "tpl-"
.* - any characters
\.php$ - ending with ".php"

edited May 6, 2019 at 13:18

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Krzysztof Atłasik · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-06 16:40:37Z

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I like another, simple way:

1. get all files in folder

   $path = './images'; 
   $files = glob($path.'/*');

2. get all files having extension .jpg

   $path = './images'; 
   $files = glob($path.'/*.jpg');

3. get all files having prefix myprefix_

   $path = './images'; 
   $files = glob($path.'/myprefix_*');

edited Mar 6, 2019 at 16:40

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answered Oct 16, 2016 at 9:31

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S.I. · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-23 08:41:57Z

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 $target_file_png = glob($target_dir.'/group_'.$groupId.'*.png');

$target_file_png will return an array containing all the files in folder specified in the path $target_dir starting with '/group_'.$groupId.' and specify the file format as *.png

edited Dec 23, 2016 at 8:41

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