How can glob() be used in conjunction with pathinfo() or basename() to identify unknown XML files in a folder in PHP?

To identify unknown XML files in a folder in PHP, you can use the glob() function to retrieve a list of all XML files in the directory, and then use pathinfo() or basename() to extract the file names. This way, you can easily identify and work with XML files without knowing their specific names beforehand. 

$files = glob('path/to/folder/*.xml');
foreach ($files as $file) {
    $filename = pathinfo($file, PATHINFO_FILENAME);
    // Or use basename() to get just the filename without the path
    // $filename = basename($file, '.xml');
    
    // Now you can work with the $filename of each XML file
    echo $filename . "\n";
}

Keywords

glob pathinfo basename XML files folder

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