How to look for a word in a string

[ILYAS415]

Okay i'm making a chat room thing and i would like to know how check if the user has entered a certain word into his her string.

 

Basically im trying to make a /me commad (the typical action command).

 

I have already tried using this....

 

strpos("/me", $string, 1);

 

however that means that the user can enter in....

 

wow the /me command is wicked

 

and if will be seen as an action command because it got /me inside it.

I only want the script to look for /me if it is in the beggining of a sentance.

[phpSensei]

preg_match('{word}','text'); maybe?

[cooldude832]

good plan is BB tags you can use them to apply basic styling, and you can probably get your desired affect from it.

[Barand]

<?php
if (strpos($string, "/me") === 0)
{
    // its at the beginning
}
?>

[ILYAS415]

Barand your code didnt appear to work for me.

 

phpSensai im not sure how exactly to use the function your gave me. Can you please give me a snippet based on the example i gave?

 

hmm im considering bbcodes as my last option.

[Barand]

<?php
$string = '/me foo bar';

if (strpos($string, "/me") === 0)
{
    echo 'its at the beginning';
}
else
{
    echo 'Oh no its not';
}
?>

[ILYAS415]

Nope not working... :S

 

heres my code im using...

 

 

	if (strpos($msg, "/me") === "0"){
	$msg= str_replace("/me", "", $msg);
	$out="$chattext ".ucfirst($fetch->username)." <font color=white>$msg</font><br>";
	}else{
	$out = $chattext . $n . " - " . $msg . "<br>";
	$out = str_replace("\'", "'", $out);
	$out = str_replace("\\\"", "\"", $out);
	}
	$out= chat($out);

 

Thanks again

[Barand]

Lose the quotes round the 0

 

if (strpos($msg, "/me") === "0")

[ILYAS415]

Nope still not working :S

 

comes out as....

 

Ilyas415 - /me message here

 

instead of

 

ilyas415 message here

[Barand]

Don't have $fetch object so I changed $fetch->username to $username.

Also don't have you chat() function, but

 

<?php
        $username = 'xyz';
        $msg = '/me foo bar';
        $chattext = 'abc';
         
        if (strpos($msg, "/me") === 0){
	    $msg= str_replace("/me", "", $msg);
	    $out="$chattext ".ucfirst($username)." <font color=white>$msg</font><br>";
	}else{
	    $out = $chattext . $n . " - " . $msg . "<br>";
	    $out = str_replace("\'", "'", $out);
	    $out = str_replace("\\\"", "\"", $out);
	}
	echo $out;                      // --> abc Xyz <font color=white> foo bar</font><br>
?>

[BrandonK]

what if the person is using /me in more than one spot -- perhaps explaining how to use /me:

 

[/me things that you do an emote you simply say "/me emote"]

 

 

[cooldude832]

thus why I said use bbCode