Predefined Constants

The constants below are defined by this extension, and will only be available when the extension has either been compiled into PHP or dynamically loaded at runtime.

SEEK_SET (int)

SEEK_CUR (int)

SEEK_END (int)

LOCK_SH (int)

LOCK_EX (int)

LOCK_UN (int)

LOCK_NB (int)

GLOB_BRACE (int)

Expands {a,b,c} to match 'a', 'b', or 'c'

Note: GLOB_BRACE is not available on some non GNU systems, like Solaris or Alpine Linux.

GLOB_ERR (int)

Stop on read errors (like unreadable directories), by default errors are ignored.

GLOB_ONLYDIR (int)

Return only directory entries which match the pattern

GLOB_MARK (int)

Adds a slash (a backslash on Windows) to each directory returned

GLOB_NOSORT (int)

Return files as they appear in the directory (no sorting). When this flag is not used, the pathnames are sorted alphabetically

GLOB_NOCHECK (int)

Return the search pattern if no files matching it were found

GLOB_NOESCAPE (int)

Backslashes do not quote metacharacters

GLOB_AVAILABLE_FLAGS (int)

All GLOB_* flags combined. Equivalent to 0 | GLOB_BRACE | GLOB_MARK | GLOB_NOSORT | GLOB_NOCHECK | GLOB_NOESCAPE | GLOB_ERR | GLOB_ONLYDIR

PATHINFO_DIRNAME (int)

PATHINFO_BASENAME (int)

PATHINFO_EXTENSION (int)

PATHINFO_FILENAME (int)

FILE_USE_INCLUDE_PATH (int)

Search for filename in include_path.

FILE_NO_DEFAULT_CONTEXT (int)

FILE_APPEND (int)

Append content to existing file.

FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES (int)

Strip EOL characters.

FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES (int)

Skip empty lines.

FILE_BINARY (int)

Binary mode.

Note:

This constant has no effect, and is only available for forward compatibility.

FILE_TEXT (int)

Text mode.

Note:

This constant has no effect, and is only available for forward compatibility.

INI_SCANNER_NORMAL (int)

Normal INI scanner mode.

INI_SCANNER_RAW (int)

Raw INI scanner mode.

INI_SCANNER_TYPED (int)

Typed INI scanner mode.

FNM_NOESCAPE (int)

Disable backslash escaping.

FNM_PATHNAME (int)

Slash in string only matches slash in the given pattern.

FNM_PERIOD (int)

Leading period in string must be exactly matched by period in the given pattern.

FNM_CASEFOLD (int)

Caseless match. Part of the GNU extension.