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

Answer 1

You need to change the regular expression in preg_grep:

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

Explanation:

1. ^tpl- - starting with "tpl-"

2. .* - any characters

3. \.php$ - ending with ".php"