RE: [PHP] RE: string search
| From: | scott [gts] | Date: | Mon, 16 Jul 2001 17:18:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] RE: string search | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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hehe... that's what regular expressions are for.
they're extrememly powerful... but that doesnt mean that
you should only use them for extremely complicated situations.
they work great everywhere...
if you dont like "overdoing it", you might as well loop
thru the string character by character, C-style. :-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sheridan Saint-Michel [mailto:webmaster@foxjet.com]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] RE: string search
>
> Couldn't he just do something like
>
> if (strstr($text, "aol.com")) {
> MyFunction();
> } else {
> echo "Not Found";
> }
>
> It just seems like using ereg for this is like killing a fly with a
> sledgehammer
>
> Sheridan