RE: [PHP] comparisons

ahhh....interesting. thank you for the clarification I stand humbled, head bowed... rick -----Original Message----- From: Andrey Hristov [mailto:ahristov@icygen.com] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 8:03 AM To: Rick Emery Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] comparisons From the docs : Note: It is easy to mistake the return values for "character found at position 0" and "character not found". Here's how to detect the difference: // in PHP 4.0b3 and newer: $pos = strpos($mystring, "b"); if ($pos === false) { // note: three equal signs // not found... } // in versions older than 4.0b3: $pos = strpos($mystring, "b"); if (!is_integer($pos)) { // not found... } Andrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Emery" <remery@excel.com> To: "'Andrey Hristov'" <ahristov@icygen.com>; "Rick Emery" <remery@excel.com> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 3:58 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] comparisons > Andrey, you are incorrect. > > From the manual on strpos(): > int strpos (string haystack, string needle [, int offset]) > If needle is not found, returns FALSE. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrey Hristov [mailto:ahristov@icygen.com] > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 7:47 AM > To: Rick Emery > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] comparisons > > > > > if (ereg("john",$jeff) ) { } > > > ok > > or: > > > > if( strstr( $jeff, "john") ) { } > > > ok > > or: > > > > if( strpos( $jeff, "john") ) { } > error > > if (strpos($jeff, "john") !== FALSE) > > Best regards, > Andrey Hristov > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >