Matching Strings

[neox_blueline]

I want to search strings using wildcards, much like mysql does using "LIKE" and using % for the wildcards.

String = ThisIsAString
Search: %This%A%

MYSQL Equivalent:
mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table WHERE String LIKE '%This%A%'");

Thanks alot, I hope this is enough information to get my question out.

[planetsim]

There arent any PHP Functions that do something like you want.

However you can use regular expressions. http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pcre.php

Example

<?php

$string = "this is a string";
if (preg_match("/string/i", $string))
{
	echo "Found Match";
}
else
{
	echo "Didnt find a match";
}

?>