uh? checking var contents!!! ???

[Anon]

how can I check if two string variables like $text1 and $text2 have the same word????

if ( $text1 == $text2 ) works????

[knickerlas]

Have you tested that?
Seems like it would work fine if what you need is to see if both strings are the same?

Nick

[Anon]

That code only tests for exact equality.

If you want to see if any word from either string is in both then you'll need to explode() or split() the funciton then loop through the aray and examine a match for each word. You might also use a function like strpos() or a regular expression.

[reagent]

maybe this would be easier?
$strHaystack = "This is a sentence and I am looking for this word right here";
$strSearch = "word";

// the i will make it case insensitive
if (preg_match("/\b$strSearch\b/i", $strHaystack))
{
print "'$strSearch' found<br>";
}
else
{
print "'$strSearch' not found<br>";
}

p.

[Anon]

Which is all fine if you are only looking for one word (and I would have used strpos() for simplicity).

But if your strings are like this:

$str1 = "word1 word2 word3";
$str2= "word4 word1";

.. then you obviously have some more code to write. This is what I assumed the original poster meant, but then again you can usually design the problem to be simpler.