Searching a string for text 1

[jimoblak]

I need to find certain text in a string and would appreciate any help on the most efficient way to do this.

I am searching a long text string for the word 'rescanned'. The only way my feeble mind is able to do this now is with explode() and a few lines to sort through the exploded string to find 'rescanned'. Is there an easier way to determine if this word appears in a string?

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[Vragabond]

How about stristr() if you need it case insensitive or strstr() if case sensitive?

 

[kenrbnsn]

You probably want to look at the strpos() function:

if (strpos($str,'rescanned') !== FALSE) echo 'Found string';

Ken

 

[748323]

strpos() is less of a memory hog than strstr(). Use the first.

 

[jimoblak]

Use the first.

I'm confused. Use the first of what? The first example is strstr()

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[jpadie]

he was referring to the first of the two functions in his preceding sentence. i.e. strpos().