So simple even a child could do it

[johnsmith153]

I am not a child, but my question is simple:

 

How would I check if a certain value existed in a string?

 

ie. check if the letter "e" exists is the string "Hello"

 

I normally use:

$b="Hello";
$a=str_replace("e", "", $b);
if($a!=$b){echo "The letter DOES exist";}

But this is a silly method.

[premiso]

strstr or stristr

 

Would be the way.

 

<?php
$string = "hello";
if (stristr($string, "e") !== false) {
    echo $string . " has e in it!";
}
?>