Re: Bug #1540 Updated: strpos(): returning FALSE or 0 is the same

On 15 Jun 1999, Bug Database wrote: > Basically, you're using the wrong function. Try strstr(): > > <? > if (strstr("abcde","a")) { > echo "it's in there"; > } else { > echo "it's not"; > } > ?> This won't work in sneaky cases like this: if (strstr("I am a string that ends in 0","0")) {} You're better off doing: if (is_int(strpos($haystack,$needle))) {} This will always work correctly, since is_int(0) returns true, while is_int('') returns false. -adam -- / adam maccabee trachtenberg | visit college life online \ \ adam@student.net | http://www.student.com /