note 47322 added to function.strpos

Here's a nifty function i made, that allows you to search a string using wildcards. It was intentionally made as part of a ban system. Here is the function: (below is how to use the function) <?php function findStr($search, $target) { $matches = 0; $search = strtolower($search); $target = strtolower($target); $output = ""; // Create the "search" array, which holds all our search terms $search = explode("*",$search); // You could change this to: '$search = explode(" ",$search);' if you wanted your search terms to be split by a space. $pos = 0; for ($i=0; $i<count($search); $i++) { // Check if the current search term is in our target if (strpos($target, $search[$i], $pos) != '' && strlen($search[$i])>0) { $pos = strpos($target, $search[$i], $pos); $matches++; } if (strlen($search[$i])<1) { $matches++; } } if ($matches == count($search)) { return true; } else { return false; } } ?> How to use the function: <? echo findStr("34.12.85.*","34.12.85.98"); // would return true echo findStr("3*.12.*.90","39.16.29.34"); // would return false ?> The function searches to see if all the search terms are in the string, and if they are in the exact order you gave them in. Hope you found this function to be helpful! -James ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strpos.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+47322 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47322&report=yes Reason: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47322&report=yes&reason=bad+code Reason: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47322&report=yes&reason=spam Reason: useless example -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47322&report=yes&reason=useless+example Reason: contains commercial links -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47322&report=yes&reason=contains+commercial+links Reason: useless note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47322&report=yes&reason=useless+note Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+47322&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php