I need a function in php that will work in this way.
$string = "blabla/store/home/blahblah";
If in $string you find /store/ then do this, else do that.
How can I do it?
Thanks!
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Patrick Perini
if(strpos($string, "/store/") !== false) { do_something(); }$string = "blabla/store/home/blahblah";
if (preg_match("|/store/|", $string)){
//do this
}
else{
//do that
}
or
$string = "blabla/store/home/blahblah";
if (false !== strpos($string, "/store")){
//do this
}
else{
//do that
}
4 Comments
Cystack
this is discouraged by documentation. Prefer strpos() : "Do not use preg_match() if you only want to check if one string is contained in another string. Use strpos() or strstr() instead as they will be faster."
simshaun
In this particular example, using
strpos() is better because it accomplishes the same thing and is faster than a regex.
Shad
strpos can return 0 meaning "I found it at the very beginning", but 0 is falsy and your if statement will lead to an incorrect result.
feeela
+1 for giving nice examples, but as the PHP-doc states: "Do not use preg_match() if you only want to check if one string is contained in another string. Use strpos() or strstr() instead as they will be faster."
if (strpos($string, "/store/") !== false) {
// found
} else {
// not found
}
Comments
Try using the strrpos function
e.g.
$pos = strrpos($yourstring, "b");
if ($pos === true) { // note: three equal signs
//string found...
}
Comments
Seems like you're looking for the stristr() function.
$string = "blabla/store/home/blahblah";
if(stristr($string, "/store/")) { do_something(); }
