String Comparison prob...

[khu84]

Hi! I am new to php, specially PHP filing.
now i have to compare two strings in a way that
if(string1 == $var1.any string chacters.$var2)
{
do stuff
}
else
{
don't
}

So you may have understanded the problem the starting and ending of string one should be exactly equal to $var1 and $var2, The characters coming in between may be any characters. So how can i code this any characters thing in php.

I will wait reply, Thanks in advance, Need some help as soon as possible...

[bradgrafelman]

I would probably use regexp to do this:

if(preg_match('/'.preg_quote($var1,'/').'.*?'.preg_quote($var2,'/').'/', $string1))

Couple of things to note:

1. This allows for zero characters to be between $var1 and $var2 -- if you at least want one character, change the '.*?' to '.+?'.

2. This pattern is case-sensitive. To make it case-insensitive, add an 'i' after the last '/'.