> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Knipe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 17 June 2002 09:28
>
> Is this right? It seems to me that substr is working in reverse?
>
> $string = "1234567890"; // Always numerical, always 10 chars.
> if (!substr($string, 0, -7) == "083") {
> echo "not 083\n";
> } else {
> // Exists here.
> echo "is 083\n";
> }
>
> Due to the reverse if, shouldn't it exit not 083?
But you haven't inverted the if, just the substr; the above is the same as:
if ( (!substr($string, 0, -7)) == "083") {
which doesn't actually make a lot of sense!
Cheers!
Mike
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