> -----Original Message----- > From: Daevid Vincent [mailto:daevid@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 26 January 2010 03:52 > > if (substr($mydata->restored,0,4) == "0000") { } > > Or in your very specific case you could do the harder way and note > that > strings work like simple arrays too in a way, so $mydata- > >restored{0} > through $mydata->restored{3} should all be '0' ( note the {} and not > [] ). Sorry, this is out of date and wrong. [] is the currently recommended way to do string indexing, and {} is deprecated. See the Note at http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.substr. Cheers! Mike -- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Developer, Libraries and Learning Innovation, Leeds Metropolitan University, C507, Civic Quarter Campus, Woodhouse Lane, LEEDS, LS1 3HE, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tel: +44 113 812 4730 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php