strpos example is much faster though .... On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 7:20 AM, Jack <JackListMail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks everyone... great examples...works.... ( both methods ) > > Thanks! > Jack > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alexis Antonakis [mailto:admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:10 AM > > To: Jack > > Subject: Re: problem with if and exact match > > > > http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php > > > > On 14/03/11 23:02, Jack wrote: > > > I want to be able to match if a string is contained within the string > > > I am evaluating. > > > > > > > > > > > > I know that if ( $name == "xxjacksonxx"); based on the below would be > > true. > > > > > > But I want to be able to say if "jackson" is contained within $name > > > that it's a match. > > > > > > > > > > > > I tried the below without success.. > > > > > > Not getting the operand properly.. > > > > > > > > > > > > <? > > > > > > > > > > > > $name = "xxjacksonxx"; > > > > > > > > > > > > if ( preg_match($name, "jackson")) { > > > > > > print "true"; > > > > > > > > > > > > } else { > > > > > > > > > > > > print "false"; > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > ?> > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
