[RESOLVED] simple question: if statement is LIKE or CONTAINS?

Hi There-

What's the syntax for determining if a variable is LIKE or CONTAINS a specified value? I can't seem to find anything on that, if it's possible.

Example:

<?php
	} elseif ($categoryTitle  == 'Publishing (AP)') {
?>

In other words, I know the variable will NOT be equal to the above, but it may CONTAIN the above.

Thanks,
Gabe

You will have to use string manipulation functions for those. Check out manual:
strstr()

Theres links to other functions in "See also" in that page which will be useful to you.

well, you can use preg_match() for that, if you want similar entries to appear, check soundex()

Thanks for the info. I've tried the below and it doesn't seem to work:

	} elseif (preg_match("$categoryTitle", "Publishing (AP)")) {

Am I on the right track? In this example, I want to check if the categoryTitle variable contains "Publishing (AP)."

Thanks!

If you doing a simple search for a substring, use [man]strpos/man.

if (strpos($categoryTitle, "Publishing (AP)") !== false) {
	// $categoryTitle contains "Publishing (AP)"
}

Great! Thanks so much, laserlight. That did the trick.

-Gabe

Don't forget to mark the thread resolved.

Done. Thanks.