Search for a string in a variable---
Is there a way to find a particular string in php.
For example:
I want php to echo "Found" if the word "sports" in found in this url http://yahoo.com/sports/soccer/index.html
if not then it should echo "bad Luck"
Is there any pre-defined function for this in php?
Thanx
Jump to Postpreg_match sounds like what you want.
More info can be found here:
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.phpGood luck!
preg_match sounds like what you want.
More info can be found here:
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php
Good luck!
preg_match sounds like what you want.
More info can be found here:
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.phpGood luck!
You can use preg_match if you're going to search for a pattern in a string.
However, if you're going to look for just a string, then you should use a function such as strstr() or stristr()
eg: case sensitive
if (strstr('http://example.com/sports.ext', 'sports')) {
echo 'found';
} else {
echo 'not found';
}preg_match() is much slower than strstr() and also uses more resources as it matches a pattern.
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