using a range of numbers as a wildcard

[stubarny]

Hi,

I'm trying to search for a wildcard within a variable. My question is how can i set the wildcard to be a range of numbers?

e.g. my wildcard range of 19968 to 40891 should match the variable "&# 36544 ;"

Thanks for your help!

Stu

[thorpe]

if (in_array(36544,range(19968,40891)) {
  echo "match found";
}