Re: [PHP] problem with if and exact match
strpos example is much faster though
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 7:20 AM, Jack jacklistm...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks everyone... great examples...works ( both methods )
Thanks!
Jack
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From: Alexis Antonakis [mailto:ad...@antonakis.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:10 AM
To: Jack
Subject: Re: [PHP] problem with if and exact match
http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php
On 14/03/11 23:02, Jack wrote:
I want to be able to match if a string is contained within the string
I am evaluating.
I know that if ( $name == xxjacksonxx); based on the below would be
true.
But I want to be able to say if jackson is contained within $name
that it's a match.
I tried the below without success..
Not getting the operand properly..
?
$name = xxjacksonxx;
if ( preg_match($name, jackson)) {
print true;
} else {
print false;
}
?
Thanks!
Jack
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RE: [PHP] problem with if and exact match
On Tue, 2011-03-15 at 01:20 -0400, Jack wrote:
Thanks everyone... great examples...works ( both methods )
Thanks!
Jack
-Original Message-
From: Alexis Antonakis [mailto:ad...@antonakis.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:10 AM
To: Jack
Subject: Re: [PHP] problem with if and exact match
http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php
On 14/03/11 23:02, Jack wrote:
I want to be able to match if a string is contained within the string
I am evaluating.
I know that if ( $name == xxjacksonxx); based on the below would be
true.
But I want to be able to say if jackson is contained within $name
that it's a match.
I tried the below without success..
Not getting the operand properly..
?
$name = xxjacksonxx;
if ( preg_match($name, jackson)) {
print true;
} else {
print false;
}
?
Thanks!
Jack
Wouldn't this be better to use, as it is meant to search for the string
inside the string? (use use regex)
if(stristr($name, 'Jackson'))
{
echo String is in String;
}
else
{
echo Failed;
}
http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.strstr.php (case sensative)
http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.stristr.php (case insensative)
Steve.
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Re: [PHP] problem with if and exact match
On 03/15/2011 07:30 AM, Steve Staples wrote:
Wouldn't this be better to use, as it is meant to search for the string
inside the string? (use use regex)
if(stristr($name, 'Jackson'))
{
echo String is in String;
}
else
{
echo Failed;
}
http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.strstr.php (case sensative)
http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.stristr.php (case insensative)
Steve.
From your link:
Note:
If you only want to determine if a particular needle occurs within
haystack, use the faster and less memory intensive function strpos()
instead.
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Re: [PHP] problem with if and exact match
Try
If(preg_match(/Jackson/i, $name))
{echo 'match'; }else{ echo 'fail'; }
Richard Buskirk
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On Mar 15, 2011, at 1:02 AM, Jack jacklistm...@gmail.com wrote:
I want to be able to match if a string is contained within the string I am
evaluating.
I know that if ( $name == xxjacksonxx); based on the below would be true.
But I want to be able to say if jackson is contained within $name that
it's a match.
I tried the below without success..
Not getting the operand properly..
?
$name = xxjacksonxx;
if ( preg_match($name, jackson)) {
print true;
} else {
print false;
}
?
Thanks!
Jack
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Re: [PHP] problem with if and exact match
On 15/03/2011, at 6:02 PM, Jack wrote:
I want to be able to match if a string is contained within the string I am
evaluating.
I know that if ( $name == xxjacksonxx); based on the below would be true.
But I want to be able to say if jackson is contained within $name that
it's a match.
I tried the below without success..
Not getting the operand properly..
?
$name = xxjacksonxx;
if ( preg_match($name, jackson)) {
print true;
} else {
print false;
}
?
Thanks!
Jack
if(strpos($name, 'jackson') !== false) {
true
}
You can use stripos for case-insentive matching.
Using regex functions when you don't need the power is overkill and slower.
Your call to preg_match wasn't working because you need your search term first,
and it needs proper delimiters.
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RE: [PHP] problem with if and exact match
Thanks everyone... great examples...works ( both methods )
Thanks!
Jack
-Original Message-
From: Alexis Antonakis [mailto:ad...@antonakis.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:10 AM
To: Jack
Subject: Re: [PHP] problem with if and exact match
http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php
On 14/03/11 23:02, Jack wrote:
I want to be able to match if a string is contained within the string
I am evaluating.
I know that if ( $name == xxjacksonxx); based on the below would be
true.
But I want to be able to say if jackson is contained within $name
that it's a match.
I tried the below without success..
Not getting the operand properly..
?
$name = xxjacksonxx;
if ( preg_match($name, jackson)) {
print true;
} else {
print false;
}
?
Thanks!
Jack
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