<?php
var_dump(simplified_fnmatch('/lejebolig/*.html', 'lejebolig/1.html'));
function simplified_fnmatch($pattern, $string)
{
// fnmatch is a function available on linux systems, which sees if a $pattern string with wildcards matches a string, using linux shell rules
// the simplified_fnmatch function escapes ?,[], and {} characters, so as to only apply the * wildcard
// it also uses the FNM_CASEFOLD flag, since in URLs case does not matter
$escaped_pattern = '';
for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($pattern); $i++)
{
if (($pattern[$i] == '?') || ($pattern[$i] == '[') || ($pattern[$i] == ']') || ($pattern[$i] == '{') || ($pattern[$i] == '}')) $escaped_pattern .= '\\';
$escaped_pattern .= $pattern[$i];
}
return fnmatch($escaped_pattern, $string, FNM_CASEFOLD);
}
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bool(false)