Checking part of string

[thefisherman]

Hello!

How can one check a part of a string, like:

(filename)

rr00001.jpg

How can i check wether the first two characters are 'rr'? or anything else for that matter...

thanx in advance!

thefisherman

[barand]

Use [man]substr/man

if (substr($filename,0,2) == 'rr') {
// do something
}

hth

[maybl8r03]

or you could do

$strHaystack = "rring";
$strNeedle = "/^rr/i";
if(preg_match($strNeedle, $strHaystack))
{
    echo "rrrrright back at you";
}
else
{
    echo "right back at you";
}

The "^" symbol tells the perl regular expression to find the occurence of "rr" in the beginning of the haystack (string). And the "i" at the end of the $strNeedle tells perl regular expression to ignore the case so haystack could be "RRING" and it would still match.

[thefisherman]

Thanx!

much appreciated!

thefisherman