On Apr 2, 2005 3:52 PM, Ron Piggott <ron.php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hey guys ... I am wondering if you have a varable named > > $query_holder="the big fat cow made lots of milk today"; > > are you able to use the if command to see if the words "big fat" are part of > that phrase? > > What would the syntax be? Multiple ways. if (stripos($query_holder, "big fat")) http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.stripos.php That's one way. Also... regular expressions.. http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.eregi.php http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php