String functionality

[zzz]

I have a code that detects a semi-column in a string and executes a function

if (ereg(";",$str)) {
   $myfunction($abc);
}

I'd like to expand this functionality to do the same if the string contains more than 2 commas or the word "and".

Stuck. 😕

[laserlight]

Use [man]substr_count/man?

[zzz]

Something like this?

if ( ereg(";",$str) || ereg(" and ",$str) || substr_count($str, ',') > 2 ) { 
   $myfunction($abc); 
} 

Kind of awkward..

:bemused:

[laserlight]

I would prefer strpos() to ereg() in this case:

if (strpos($str, ';') !== false || strpos($str, ' and ') !== false || substr_count($str, ',') > 2) {
	$myfunction($abc);
}

Awkward, yes, but that's inherent in what you want to do.