IF Statement help

[Anon]

How do I compare strings with an IF statement.
For example, how do I get an IF statement to determine if a string contains the term "Average". The term could be "Daily Average" or "Weekly Average", but as long as "Average" is in it, then the statement should be TRUE.

if ($myrow["Point"] = "contains the term Average")
instead of the "=", what am I suppose to put?

thanx

[Anon]

First off, it should be '==', not '=':

if ($myrow["Point"] == "contains the term Average")

And for your question, you should use strpos:

if (strpos($myrow["Point"],"Average"))

strpos() returns FALSE if it doesn't find "Average", so you can use it in the IF statement.

Diego

[kjreid]

try

if (strstr($myrow['Point'], "Average")){
//conditions
}

if 'average' is case insensitive (ie you're looking for 'aVeRage', 'Average', 'average' etc, then substitute strstr() with stristr().

Hope this helps 🙂
K.

[kjreid]

Oops, didn't mean to confuse you,

//conditions should be //statements - sorry.

K.