Do a preg match to find one or preg_match_all to find all the john in the string. <?php $name = "John Taylor"; $pattern = '/^John/'; preg_match($pattern, $subject, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE, 3); print_r($matches); ?> $name = "John Taylor"; I want to verify if $name contains "john", if yes echo "found"; Cannot remember which to use: http://ca.php.net/manual/en/ref.strings.php Sorry, John -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
