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Backslashes do not quote metacharacters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.