private function to_regex($str)
 {
     if ($str[0] == '/' && $str[strlen($str) - 1] == '/') {
         return $str;
     } else {
         return pakeGlobToRegex::glob_to_regex($str);
     }
 }
 public static function setStrictWildcardSlash($boolean)
 {
     self::$strict_wildcard_slash = $boolean;
 }
 private function match_glob($glob, $text)
 {
     $regex = pakeGlobToRegex::glob_to_regex($glob);
     return preg_match($regex, $text);
 }