[PHP] Check if a word is in my string.

Hello, I have a variable with a string in it. I want to check if in that string a certain word is in it. Example $var = This is a good sentence; $check = look(good, $var); and $check would equal 1 since good is in that string does anyone know how to do this?

Re: [PHP] Check if a word is in my string.

see : http://www.php.net/strstr http://www.php.net/stristr Regards, Philip On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Brandon Orther wrote: Hello, I have a variable with a string in it. I want to check if in that string a certain word is in it. Example $var = This is a good sentence; $check =

Re: [PHP] Check if a word is in my string.

if you're just looking for the 1st occurrence of the string, it's-- $check = good; $var = This is a good...; if (!strstr($var, $check)) { print($check not found); } also, i think strstr() is case-insensitive, so it won't be able to differentiate between 'Good' and 'good', and will NOT return

RE: [PHP] Check if a word is in my string.

use regexps. that's what their specialty is ;-) // case insensitive if ( preg_match(/$text/i, $string) ) { print $text is in $string; } // case sensitive if ( preg_match(/$text/, $string) ) { print $text is in $string; } -Original Message- From: daniel james

RE: [PHP] Check if a word is in my string.

use: preg_match('/\Wgood\W/',$var); or preg_match('/\bgood\b/',$var); Or, you could just try strstr($haystack, $needle) ... Jason -- Jason Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Developer, Melbourne IT Work now, freak later! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To