Can I see if a variable contains "text"?

[jshowe]

Perl Version of what I am looking for: {#if $variable =~ match(text)#} variable contains "text" ??????

for instance:

I want to see if a word or something like that word is contained within $variable - but $variable is a string.

You can do the "SELECT * from databade when category LIKE %stuff%"; I tried if($variable LIKE %stuff%) but it gave an error.

Would ISSET() work? What would it look like?
Thank you.
-Scott

[chadu]

don't you mean "WHERE category LIKE" not WHEN?

[jshowe]

Sure did - Sorry "WHERE"

[HalfaBee]

You need to include %stuff% in 'single quotes '%stuff%'

HalfaBee

[jshowe]

So I can use: if($variable LIKE '%text%') ??!?!

[kevinsequeira]

do you want to search for the word in a database record or in a string variable ??

reg
kevin

[jshowe]

I want to search a string... The database was just an example of something kinda similar.

[kevinsequeira]

well if you are searching if a word occurs in another word, use this

http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.stripos.php
http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.strpos.php

reg
kevin

[jshowe]

I think thats going to work. I will try to test it and let you all know. Thanks.

[jshowe]

if(strpos($mystring, $findme) !== false)
{
Do something.....
}

You've got me on the right track.... now it's just down to getting the right syntax. Any ideas on how to make the above run the if statement when it finds $findme in the string $mystring??? The above isn't working.

[jshowe]

I found this:

if(is_int(strpos($haystack, $needle)))
{
//do something
}

Thanks!! I'll try reading ALL of the manual before I reply next time. 😃

[HalfaBee]

You would be better testing for FALSE.

if( strpos( $haystack,$needle ) !== FALSE )
{
// code for found string here
}

HalfaBee