Does a "Like" Command Exist??

[anders2002]

Hi,

Is there such a think as the 'like' command in PHP that can be used as:

if ($value like "hello&quot{
print "whatever";
}

As you can in MySQL??

Thanks,

Anders

 

[sleipnir214]

I don't think so. But there is one that is similar to MySQL's REGEXP.

check out preg_match()

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php

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[disord3r]

If I recall in mySQL, "Like" merely means "if the string you're searching in contains the string you're searching for". So, you could use substr. The following code:

substr("test", "1 2 test 3 4 test&quot

would return "test 3 4 test". Basically, everything from the first ocurrance of 'test' to the end of the string. But that doesn't matter. As long as the substr function evalutes to something other than FALSE, then you know you found what you were looking for.

I use it all the time like this:

if (substr($looking_for, $looking_in));
{
(do whatever)
}

As long as what I'm $looking_for is found in what I'm $lookin_ing, the block will be executed.

 

[danielhozac]

disord3r,

The function you are talking about is strstr, substr gets a part of a string, specified by two integers. //Daniel