substring compare

[kenny873]

if I want to compare two strings...for example

$compare_1 = "http://www.codingforums.com/error.php?abc=123";

$compare_2 = "http://www.codingforums.com/index.php";

$compare = "error.php";

how do I get sub string from $compare_1 or $compare_2 to see if the URL has "error.php" (i.e. $compare)

if substr(($compare_1 has error.php) == $compare)
echo "matched";

how can I find if $compare_1 or $compare_2 consist of "error.php"

[jackiw]

You can use ereg insted of using substr:

if(ereg($compare,$compare_1)) {
print "Matched";
}

[Weedpacket]

Since you know what string you're looking for ("error.php") [man]strpos[/man] is by far the better solution.