[SOLVED] call me dumb but can someone please help me out with this

[kannu]

hello,

after you read the question you would realize i am a true newbie in php, but what can i do now. i have to start somewhere.

 

my questions is that i am trying to create a simple "if then else" statement where i am trying to see if a string contains a set of letters. but i cannot find any function which can let me search if a string has those letters and continue in the if else statement.

for example :-

 

$wert = "catid52product34show"

 

 

if($wert == "product34")

{ do this }

else if($wert == "product35")

{ do that}

 

 

how can i search for "product34" within the variable $wert. and then proceed according on if then else statement

 

if someone can please help me out, i would really appreciate the same

 

thanks

 

 

[iwannabeleet]

I think SUBSTR might do what you're looking for?

 

 

[iwannabeleet]

oops I think i misunderstood, maybe preg_match() or strstr()?

[KrisNz]

if you just want to see if one string is contained in another string, strpos() is the fastest way.

strpos manual page

[awpti]

This just looks like really bad design.

 

Stop now and rethink your processes. This will only lead to FAIL.

[kankaro]

hello i'm a newbe also in php, but when i look at your code it' something hard to work on it. If yuo want your code to work smoohtly make a database on it. it will surely find what you want. insert those words in the database. 

[kannu]

hey guys,

thanks to all of you for your reply and responses. specially to "iwannabeleet" i used the preg_match that she recommended and it works beautifully.

i have a database installed and it works. i just need to make a small change and i could not figure out, so i wanted to use the above function. thanks again to all of you for taking time to reply to my query. i really appreciate the same.