LIKE and NOT LIKE in an if statement

[Walker33]

I think I know the answer to this, but it would make things easier if I could do what I think I can't.

 

Can I use LIKE and NOT LIKE in an if statement?  Doesn't seem to be working for me.

 

<?php

//$rightlic is a twelve character string ending either P00, P01, V00, or V01.  I want to do different things based on V or P 

if ($rightlic not like '%V00' AND $rightlic not like '%V01'){
echo "<br>purchaser ran demo as public but is now trying to purchase a private account.  Stop the process.";
exit;
}

?>

 

Can I do something like this or do I have to separate the string and look for the last characters that way?

 

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[mens]

No it wouldn't, PHP doesn't support SQL statements.

 

Look at strstr() or preg_match().

[Walker33]

Okay, thanks.  I didn't think so, but I wanted to be sure, and I couldn't find a definitive answer anywhere.  Appreciate it.