str_replace problem *** SOLVED ***

[oracle259]

I really hope u guys can help me on this one  ???.

[code]
$match = str_replace("*", '', $string);
$match = strlen($match);

if ($match == 0) {
return False;
} else {
return True;
}
[/code]

From the code you can see the problem clearly that if no *** are present in the $string,  $match = strlen($match) also returns 0 which does not work for me. How do i change this code to make sure that $match = 0 only when *** are present in the $string and replaced.

Thanks.

[sanfly]

Try putting speechmarks around the 0

ie

[code=php:0]$match = str_replace("*", '', $string);
$match = strlen($match);

if ($match == "0") {
return False;
} else {
return True;
}
[/code]

[oracle259]

thanks for the tip...but why the " "

[sanfly]

Actually, after reading this again i think I have the wrong end of the stick

One way to do it would to be to count the string length before and after the string replace, and have the "false" returned only if there is a difference in those two numbers and the second one comes back as 0

eg
[code=php:0]
$count1 = strlen($string);
$match = str_replace("*", '', $string);
$match = strlen($match);

if ($match == 0 AND ($count1 != $match)) {
return False;
} else {
return True;
}[/code]

Is that more what you were after?

[oracle259]

i think this one is solved thanks