note 46733 added to function.strstr
| From: | php-general at lists dot php dot net | Date: | Thu, 21 Oct 2004 18:03:25 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 46733 added to function.strstr | ||
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vincents in_str function will work most of the time, but will fail under circumstances, most notably
when working with string '0' (zero)
consider this:
<?php
$needle = '0';
$haystack = '1234567890';
if (in_str($haystack, $needle)) {
echo "The haystack contains $needle";
}
?>
you can clearly see that string 0 is definately in haystack, but the function will return false.
a faster, and failproof way would be
<?php
if (false !== strpos($haystack, $needle) {
// we found it
}
// case insesnitive version
if (false !== stripos($haystack, $needle) {
// we found it, case insesitive.
}
?>
this is written on the strpos() page
http://php.net/strpos
and mentioned on the strstr() page
http://php.net/strstr
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Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strstr.php
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