Re: one pattern, one string, multiple results

Thank you much! I was going to use preg_grep, preg_replace, preg_match, preg_match_all something like that, but this subsrt_count() will do the trick nicely! Thank you very much! Rick > Hi Richard. > > Subsrt_count() is what you are looking for: > int substr_count (string haystrack, string needle) > php.net/substr_count > > P.S: Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones Diary is a nice novel, hun? > > > Maxim Maletsky > PHPBeginner.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Baskett [mailto:rick@baskettcase.com] > Sent: mercoledi 26 settembre 2001 9.01 > To: PHP General > Subject: [PHP] one pattern, one string, multiple results > > > I just can not seem to figure this out. > > If i have a pattern 'arc' and I want to search the string: > "an arc is an archer, but what about marc and darcy?" > > How can I find out how many occurances of arc is within that string? I > know I can do an explode and then compare it, but when you have huge > amounts of text... is this the best way? Or is there something better? > Any help would be great I have been struggling with this for awhile, > since I really do not want to explode, pun intended :) > > Rick > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To > contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >