What are some alternative solutions for accessing glob-like functionality on a PHP 4.2 server without upgrading to PHP 5?

The issue is that PHP 4.2 does not have built-in support for glob-like functionality. One alternative solution is to use the opendir and readdir functions to manually iterate over files in a directory. 

$directory = "/path/to/directory/";
if ($handle = opendir($directory)) {
    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
        if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
            echo "$file\n";
        }
    }
    closedir($handle);
}

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