Search string for character at certain position

[rhyspaterson]

Hey guys,

 

Have this at the moment:

if (preg_match("/a/i", $variable)) {
      $result++;
}

If the variable has the letter a in it (not case sensitive), add one to the result. Works fine, however i only want to see if only the second character in the string has the letter a, not go through the whole string. Any suggestions?

 

Cheers

[rhodesa]

if (preg_match("/^.a/i", $variable)) {
      $result++;
}

[corbin]

Or, if you feel like not using regexp:

 

if(strlen($str) >= 2 && $str[1] == 'a')