You can use strstr: if (strstr ($str, '.')) echo 'Full stop'; else echo 'No full stop';
Marco -- ------------ php|architect - The magazine for PHP Professionals The first monthly worldwide magazine dedicated to PHP programmers On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 08:49, Shaun wrote: > Hi, > > Please can someone tell me how i can tell if a string contains a full stop? > > thanks > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php