Re: problem with if and exact match
| From: | Admin | Date: | Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:09:22 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: problem with if and exact match | ||
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Try
If(preg_match("/Jackson/i", $name))
{echo 'match'; }else{ echo 'fail'; }
Richard Buskirk
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On Mar 15, 2011, at 1:02 AM, "Jack" <JackListMail@Gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to be able to match if a string is contained within the string I am
> evaluating.
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> I know that if ( $name == "xxjacksonxx"); based on the below would be true.
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> But I want to be able to say if "jackson" is contained within $name that
> it's a match.
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> I tried the below without success..
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> Not getting the operand properly..
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> <?
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> $name = "xxjacksonxx";
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> if ( preg_match($name, "jackson")) {
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> print "true";
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> } else {
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> print "false";
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> }
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> ?>
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> Thanks!
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> Jack
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