Need help with this code, please

[anarchoi]

   while($row = mysql_fetch_object($result))
   {
      $var = $row->threadprefix;



$prenoms = $row->threadprefix;
$prenoms = nl2br($prenoms);
$tableau = explode('<br />',$prenoms);

foreach ($tableau as $element)
{
	echo '<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=46&threadprefix='.$element.'">'.$element.'</a><br />';
}
   }

this code would display a bunch of stuff, sorting them by lines, and make a link for each

i'd like to display the $element part only if it begins with (i.e.) "bobby"

could someone hook my part of code with a code that could do that? thanks a lot 😃

[bradgrafelman]

anarchoi wrote:

i'd like to display the $element part only if it begins with (i.e.) "bobby"

if(substr($element, 0, 5) == 'bobby') {
    // do whatever
}

or

if(preg_match('/^bobby/', $element)) {
    // do whatever
}

Both methods are case-sensitive.