Re: problem with if and exact match
| From: | Shawn McKenzie | Date: | Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:00:01 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: problem with if and exact match | ||
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On 03/15/2011 07:30 AM, Steve Staples wrote:
>
> Wouldn't this be better to use, as it is meant to search for the string
> inside the string? (use use regex)
>
> if(stristr($name, 'Jackson'))
> {
> echo "String is in String";
> }
> else
> {
> echo "Failed";
> }
>
> http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.strstr.php (case
> sensative)
> http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.stristr.php (case
> insensative)
>
> Steve.
>
From your link:
Note:
If you only want to determine if a particular needle occurs within
haystack, use the faster and less memory intensive function strpos()
instead.
--
Thanks!
-Shawn
http://www.spidean.com