<?php
$SearchDate = '2013-02';
$file = '2013-02-fileNameMightBeAlphaOr1234567890.pdf';
if(preg_match('#^' . $SearchDate . '.*?\.pdf$#', $file)) { echo "Matched\n";
}
?>
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