I need to add characters to a string

[refiking]

Ok.  How do I do this?  I need to add abc to the string if it isn't already there.  I already used strpos to see if it is there.  Here is the current code:

 

$pref = "abc";
$ie = strpos($order,$pref);
IF ($ie == false){
// $new = add abc before the 167 values
}
?>

[DjMikeS]

Do you need to add the characters to the beginning of the string ?

 

If so, you could do:

<?php
$pref = "abc";
$ie = strpos($order,$pref);
IF ($ie == false){
   $new = 'abc' . $order;
}
?>

[sKunKbad]

$pref = "abc";
$ie = strpos($order,$pref);
IF ($ie == false){
    $new = $pref .= $order;
}

[Zhadus]

Actually, you'll need to use:

 

<?php
$pref = "abc";
$ie = strpos($order,$pref);
IF ($ie === false){
    $new = $pref .= $order;
}
?>

 

If you just use ==, and 'abc' is the first 3 characters, strpos will return a 0 which is == to false, but not === to false.

 

EDIT: Bad code tag.