"Bogdan Stancescu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> If you don't need regexps, use strpos. Make sure you read the
Can you give me any particular reason why strpos is better?
> documentation though - if $nav->userAgent starts with "search for this",
> your code will return false.
Yeah, that was a typo when i copy and pasted.
>
> Bogdan
>
> José Jeria wrote:
> > I want to find a certain text in a string and i want it to return me a
> > boolean.
> > What is the best thing to do this?
> >
> > a) ereg("search for this", $string); //
returns
> > int(1) if true, bool(false) if not
> > b) strpos($nav->userAgent, "search for this") > 0 // gives me a
boolean
> > directly
> >
> > Any tips of which one I should use?
> >
> > /José Jeria
> >
> >
>
>
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