Many thanks! Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Justin Gruenberg <justin.gruenberg@xxxxxxxxx> To: Ron Piggott <ron.php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 3:05 PM Subject: Re: That crazy IF command! > 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