[Resolved] Searching for part of string

[skeetley]

Hi,
I am reading in a file, sorting it and then making it a multi-dimensional array using explode.

These leaves me with array[$i][5] equal to:
something_t_i_m_e_s_t_a_m_p.gif
something_t_i_m_e_s_t_a_m_p.gif
something_t_i_m_e_s_t_a_m_p.gif
somethingelse_t_i_m_e_s_t_a_m_p.gif
somethingelse_t_i_m_e_s_t_a_m_p.gif
somethingelse_t_i_m_e_s_t_a_m_p.gif
somethingother_t_i_m_e_s_t_a_m_p.gif
somethingother_t_i_m_e_s_t_a_m_p.gif
somethingother_t_i_m_e_s_t_a_m_p_.gif

Now the sort puts these in order by name then the time-stamp which works great. But how do I search for the first time I come across a somethingelse_t_i_m_e_s_t_a_m_p.gif. The somethingelse never changes, but the timestamp obviously does. I only need to do this once because I want to eventually go to the link once it finds the first instance of a somethingelse_t_i_m_e_s_t_a_m_p.gif. I hope I explained this well enough. Thanks!

[LordShryku]

Since this somethingelse will never change, just use substr()

$var = "somethingelse_t_i_m_e_s_t_a_m_p_.gif";
if(substr($var,0,13) == "somethingelse") {
   // do what you need to
}

[skeetley]

OK, I got it. It is bad code, but it works. I take the array [$1][5] and make it its own array and explode it again. Then I search for newarray[$i][0] AND newarray [$i][1] equal to what I want. It works.

[skeetley]

You just gotta hate posting at the same time. I tried that snippet of code and it works like a charm. It also cuts down the code I had written by a whole lot. Thanks so much LordShryku

Shayne