PHP file_exists and wildcard

Question

Is there a way to write the PHP file_exists function so that it searches a directory for a file with an arbitrary extension. For instance, suppose I knew that a file were c

Answer 1

As long as file_exists returns a BOOLEAN I wrote this small function that accepts a search string with * to look for files... Example:

    searchForFile("temp*");

    function searchForFile($fileToSearchFor){
        $numberOfFiles = count(glob($fileToSearchFor));
        if($numberOfFiles == 0){ return(FALSE); } else { return(TRUE);}
    }