Windows' cmd.exe doesn't expand filename globs passed to PHP (and others). This function expands glob strings in PHP's $argv array.

windowsFixGlobArgv.php

<?php

/**
 * Fixes PHP's $argv array (or, rather, a list of filenames that is assumed to
 *  come from $argv) to expand glob strings on Windows, where the cmd.exe shell
 *  doesn't expand globs before passing arguments to called commands/programs.
 *
 * @link https://gist.github.com/aziraphale/edf8a1b1ad049f4e08ee
 * @param array $argv
 * @return array
 */
function windowsFixGlobArgv(array $argv)
{
    // Intentionally avoid overwriting the passed array just in case we want
    //  to leave it untouched for other purposes
    $out = [];
    foreach ($argv as $v) {
        if (($v[0] !== "'" && substr($v, -1) !== "'") && strlen($v) !== strcspn($v, '*?{}[]')) {
            // String contains glob-style metacharacters and isn't single-quoted
            $matches = glob($v, GLOB_NOSORT | GLOB_NOCHECK | GLOB_BRACE);
            if ($matches && is_array($matches)) {
                foreach ($matches as $match) {
                    $out[] = $match;
                }
                continue;
            }
        }

        $out[] = $v;
    }

    return $out;
}

// Use it something like this:
$files = array_slice($argv, 1);

if (stripos(PHP_OS, 'WIN') !== false) {
    $files = windowsFixGlobArgv($files);
}