udPattern

Quick documentation

TestPattern($check, $easyTest, $delimiter)

Test a pattern against the registered patterns in the object.

returns

returns a positive number for any accepted match

returns a negative number for any rejected match

returns 0 for any any test that doesn't match anything unless

$easyTest

is set to false, then it returns false for any unmatched test

$check

the pattern to test

$easyTest

if set to false the test will return false if no matching found

$delimiter

the delimiter used

CleanPattern($pattern, $delimiter)

Clean up a pattern. Removes redundant information and reorders the pattern.

returns

a clean pattern

$pattern

the pattern to clean

$delimiter

the delimiter used

CheckPattern($pattern1, $pattern2, $delimiter)

Check is $pattern2 can be matched against $pattern1. Any wildcard in $pattern2 will be ignored.

returns

true if match

false if not

$delimiter

the delimiter used

SetPatternArray($array)

Set a pre-defined array of patterns.

$array

a one-dimension array with patterns

$delimiter

the delimiter used

SetPatternString($pattern, $delimiter)

Set a string of patterns

$pattern

a string of patterns

$delimiter

the delimiter used to separate patterns

ClearPatterns()

Clear the internal pattern array

Add($pattern, $delimiter)

Add a pattern to the internal array. All patterns that are added will be cleaned and tested for redundancy.

$pattern

the pattern to add

$delimiter

the delimiter used

Validation order

The validation of a pattern is made in the added order. First added is first checked. If you use the Add function then the added pattern vill be tested against previously added patterns. If the new pattern is redundant then it will not be added.

Patterns

• \* can be matched against any string
• % can be matched against any string that doesn't contain the delimiter used
• ? can be matched against one character that isn't equal to the delimiter
• patterns that starts with \*.zzz.zzz match zzz.zzz
• patterns that starts with %.zzz.zzz doesn't match zzz.zzz
• patterns like zzz\*.zzz match zzzzz.zzz and zzz.zzz.zzz
• patterns like zzz%.zzz match zzzzz.zzz but not zzz.zzz.zzz
• patterns like \*%.zzz.zzz match zzz.zzz.zzz and zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz and .zzz.zzz but not zzz.zzz
• patterns like \*?.zzz.zzz match zzz.zzz.zzz and zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz but not .zzz.zzz and zzz.zzz

Cleaning

• \\ is redundant and replaced with \*
• %% is redundant and replaced with %
• .\.\ is redundant and replaced with .\*
• \.\. is redundant and replaced with \*.
• ?\is reordered to \?
• ?% is reordered to %?
• %\is reordered to \%

Note! In the sections Patterns and Cleaning the default $delimiter (.) is used.