Start With and End With

[vbzoom_com]

How can I test if string start with "<" and end with ">" and print true if that true.

$Text="<hi how are you>"; // true

$Text=" any <hi how are you>"; // false

$Text="<hi how are you> any"; // false

[PHPThorsten]

Maybe this works: (didn't test)

if(ereg("(^<).*(>$)", $Text))
{
  echo "true"
}
else
{
  echo "false";
}

[jayant]

try the above regex solution or the this simple code below:

if($text[0]=='<'&&$text[strlen($text)-1]=='>')
echo "true";
else echo "false";