Quoting abhishek jain <ejaincom@xxxxxxxxx>: use the glob function. see docs > Hello Sudhakar, > I am not aware of such a prebuilt function , but a command line sol. > will be on linux > grep -Rnie 'text to search' /root > May be a sol would be you execute and fetch the results via PHP > > Pl. let the list know if this works -- > Regards, > Abhishek jain > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Sudhakar <finals27@xxxxxxxxx> > To: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 2:05:43 PM > Subject: string comparison in php > > > hi > > i am writing a small application where a user enters a phrase in the > textfield and i would like to display all the files present in the > root directory which consists of the keyword or keywords entered by > the user. > > i have used a few comparison functions but i am not getting the > expected result. > > $my_file = file_get_contents( "filename. html"); > what ever the user enters whether it is a single word or few words i > would like to compare with $my_file in a case insensitive manner. > > can anyone suggest the best method and how to go about. > > thanks. > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >