/**
* @param string|array $patterns
* @param array $allStrings
* @param bool $allowNew
* Whether to return new, unrecognized names.
* @return array
*/
public static function filterByWildcards($patterns, $allStrings, $allowNew = FALSE)
{
$patterns = (array) $patterns;
$result = array();
foreach ($patterns as $pattern) {
if (!\CRM_Utils_String::endsWith($pattern, '*')) {
if ($allowNew || in_array($pattern, $allStrings)) {
$result[] = $pattern;
}
} else {
$prefix = rtrim($pattern, '*');
foreach ($allStrings as $key) {
if (\CRM_Utils_String::startsWith($key, $prefix)) {
$result[] = $key;
}
}
}
}
return array_values(array_unique($result));
}
