PHP IF statement

[jbachris]

Can you use LIKE in an IF statement?

I want to do basically:

<? if $story LIKE player_name { ?>
<a href="link">player_name</a>
<? } ?>

I'm not around my computer to test this and help would be greatly appreciated.

[HP400]

Nooo but you can check if that string is inside the other or see how close the texts are with the function similar_text

[jbachris]

Thanks.

What would be the best way, if any to do this.

Basically if the name John Smith is in the $story string I want it to display the following below the $story string:

<a href="link.php">John Smith</a>