thx Richard, wouldn't you know it, you can look for something, can't find it, post a question, and then find it?
go figure :-) thx -- gil > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Davey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 1:26 PM > To: mayo > Cc: php-general > Subject: Re: [PHP] compare lists > > > Hello mayo, > > Sunday, January 18, 2004, 6:06:41 PM, you wrote: > > m> I would like to compare strings. I'm using this for my navigation > > m> IF $title CONTAINS "abc: def" > > m> Comparing the number of characters in one string with another > does not do > m> the trick. (strcmp) > > If I have understood your pseudo code correctly then you're not really > comparing strings, you're just checking to see if a string contains a > set of characters (i.e. another string). > > There is no reason why you couldn't do: > > if (strpos($title, "abc: def") === false) > { > // not found > } > else > { > // do stuff > } > > -- > Best regards, > Richard mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php