Re: needle in a haystack (Can't find :)

From: Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 08:59:01 +0000
Subject: Re: needle in a haystack (Can't find :)
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Define the haystack _before_ you look into it, and you'll find it. At 09:56 16.12.2002, Jason Wong said: --------------------[snip]-------------------- >On Monday 16 December 2002 16:23, John Taylor-Johnston wrote: >> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.in-array.php >> >> Can't find the °ù¢# $needle in my $haystack. Why? :p >> >> (It is a serious example :) >> >> <?php >> >> $needle = "Ten things I hate about you"; >> >> if(in_array($needle, $haystack)) { >> echo "Found it"; >> }else{ >> echo "Not there"; >> } >> >> >> $haystack = array ("Ten Things I Hate About You", >> "10 Things I Hate About You", >> "Ten things I hate about you", >> "10 things I hate about you", >> "Ten Things That I Hate About You", >> "10 Things That I Hate About You", >> "Ten things that I hate about you", >> "10 things that I hate about you", >> "ten things I hate about you"); > >How about defining $haystack *before* trying to use it? > >-- >Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz >Open Source Software Systems Integrators >* Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * > >/* >Fay: The British police force used to be run by men of integrity. >Truscott: That is a mistake which has been rectified. > -- Joe Orton, "Loot" >*/ > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php --------------------[snip]-------------------- -- >O Ernest E. Vogelsinger (\) ICQ #13394035 ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/

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