On Tue, 2011-03-15 at 01:20 -0400, Jack 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 > > > Wouldn't this be better to use, as it is meant to search for the string inside the string? (use use regex) if(stristr($name, 'Jackson')) { echo "String is in String"; } else { echo "Failed"; } http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.strstr.php (case sensative) http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.stristr.php (case insensative) Steve. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
