array_map unlink file named ..txt

Question

I use this method

array_map('unlink', glob("data/words/*.*"));

To delete all files Including all .txt extension and It works well

But when there is a file named ..txt is not deleted

is this a linux based OS? usually files starting with `.` in Linux are considered hidden and are often excluded from glob results — apokryfos, Nov 19 '18 at 16:14
do you want to delete only `txt` files with one or more `.` preceeding it? — Always Sunny, Nov 19 '18 at 16:19

Always Sunny · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-31T08:24:09.903

Please note that glob('*') ignores all 'hidden' files by default. This means it does not return files that start with a dot (e.g. .file).

If you want to match those files too, you can use "{,.}*" as the pattern with the GLOB_BRACE flag.

<?php
// Search for all files that match .* or *
$files = glob('{,.}*', GLOB_BRACE);
?>

Specifically in your case, this should work.

array_map('unlink', glob("data/words/{,.}*",GLOB_BRACE));

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