exact search

[phorcon3]

<?php
$test = 'Online Store';

if(ereg('Store',$test))
{
echo 'yes';
}
else
{
echo 'no';
}

?>

 

this should actually display no.. because i want it to be an exact result.. how can i do this? ereg obviously doesnt do the trick:(

[Rohan Shenoy]

$search_term="rohan";
$string="rohan shenoy was here";
if($search_term==$string)
{echo "match found";}
else
{echo "Match not found";}

 

Hope this is the way you expected it.

 

ereg or preg functions are not for this purpose anywayz!

You can try using strpos() too if you find occurrence of an exact phrase within a string.

[sasa]

<?php
$test = 'Online Store';

if(ereg('^Store$',$test))
{
echo 'yes';
}
else
{
echo 'no';
}

?>

or just

<?php
$test = 'Online Store';

if($test == 'Store')
{
echo 'yes';
}
else
{
echo 'no';
}

?>

[Fadion]

Why compile a regular expression for such a basic task?! The equality operator works just fine.

[discomatt]

To do it with regex you'd want this

 

preg_match('/^Store$/',$test)

 

But the above method is faster

[phorcon3]

i have to use regex b/c im runnin arrays and its lookin for a perfect match? i guess.... ...thanks sasa ...that does it;)

[BlueSkyIS]

( equals would do the same thing. )

[Fadion]

i have to use regex b/c im runnin arrays and its lookin for a perfect match? i guess.... ...thanks sasa ...that does it;)

 

Why does it have to matter if its an array or not:

 

<?php
$arr = array('php', 'mysql', 'html');
foreach($arr as $val){
    if($arr == 'php'){
        echo 'My array has got php in it.';
    }
}
?>

 

or even better

<?php
$arr = array('php', 'mysql', 'html');
if(in_array('php', $arr)){
    echo 'My array has got php in it.';
}
?>

 

It is looking for a perfect match in an array. Whats the deal with regex then!!!