word count within a string

[jimmyt1988]

How do I count how many times a string has been used within another larger string:

 

 

$str = '   
<!--Start of section!-->
            
            <h2>
            
            <div id="newscontent">
                <div id="newsheader">
                <a href = "newsPages/basingstokeBalloonFiesta.html">Basingstoke Balloon Fiesta 2009</a>
                </div>
                <div id = "contentContainer">
                    <div id="newsContentLeft">
                        <a href = "newsPages/basingstokeBalloonFiesta.html"><img src="images/newsImages/basingstokeBalloonFiestaS.jpg" alt="Flight video over London - 16th June" width = "100" height = "100" /></a>
                    </div>
                    <div id="newsContentRight">
                        <TABLE class = "left" width="398px" height="100px">
            	           <TR>
            	               	<TD valign = "center">
                                    The Basingstoke balloon festival got off to a flying start this morning with a dozen balloons taking off at the press launch for the event..
                                </TD>
                            </TR>
                        </TABLE>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div id="newsfooter">
                    <div id="newsdate">
                        31/07/2009
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            
            </h2>
            
            <!--End of section!-->
';

        echo $str; 
        $search = "<!--Start of section!-->";   
        $amount = str_word_count($search, $str);
        echo $amount;

 

I want $amount to return 1 because "<!--Start of section!-->" only occurs once within the $str.

[Mark Baker]

substr_count()

[jimmyt1988]

Ah thanks so much,

 

got it to work coz of that!