php string matching with wildcard *?

Question

I want to give the possibility to match string with wildcard *.

Example

$mystring = \'dir/folder1/file\';
$pattern = \'dir/*/file\';

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Answer 1

You're mixing up ending ($) and beginning (^). This:

preg_match( '/$' . $pattern . '^/i' , $source );

Should be:

preg_match( '/^' . $pattern . '$/i' , $source );