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Glob is not working when directory name with special characters like square brackets "[ ]"


I have issue while using glob function when path directory with square brackets.

// Example 1 - working
$path = 'temp'. DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR .'dir - name';
$files = glob($path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '*.txt');
// List all files 
echo '<pre>';
    print_r($files);
echo '</pre>';

Above code is working but when directory name with square brackets like dir[name] or dir - [name] then its not working.

// Example 2 - not working
$path = 'temp'. DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR .'dir - [name]';
$files = glob($path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '*.txt');
// result got empty if file on that directory 
echo '<pre>';
    print_r($files);
echo '</pre>';

Solution

  • Thanks for all of you.

    I got exact solution for my query. below code is a working for me

    $path = 'temp'. DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR .'dir - [name]';
    $path = str_replace('[', '\[', $path);
    $path = str_replace(']', '\]', $path);
    $path = str_replace('\[', '[[]', $path);
    $path = str_replace('\]', '[]]', $path);
    $files = glob($path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '*.txt');
    // List files
    echo '<pre>';
        print_r($files);
    echo '</pre>';