[Resolved] ereg(needle, haystack) or strpos(needle, haystack) which is better/faster?

[helz]

if i want to search a string for a specific thing, which is better or faster to use?
(im not interested in where its located, just whether it exists or not)

[laserlight]

strpos(), of course

[helz]

is the ereg quite old?
having never done any perl im not too sure.

for testing strpos, it returns either false or the position where it is, so should i test for:

$result = strpos("cat","the cat sat on the mat");

if ($result) {
   echo "The cat indeed sat on the mat!<br>
        It was also at position:".$result." of the phrase";
}

[laserlight]

You reversed the order of arguments though.

<?php
if (($result = strpos("the cat sat on the mat", "cat")) !== false) {
   echo "The cat indeed sat on the mat!<br>
        It was also at position:".$result." of the phrase";
}
?>

[helz]

aye, had a feeling it was wrong, got it confused with the ereg i was looking at

thanks