José Jeria wrote:
> "Bogdan Stancescu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>>If you don't need regexps, use strpos. Make sure you read the
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> Can you give me any particular reason why strpos is better?
http://php.weblogs.com/discuss/msgReader$1838
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>>documentation though - if $nav->userAgent starts with "search for this",
>>your code will return false.
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> Yeah, that was a typo when i copy and pasted.
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>>Bogdan
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>>José Jeria wrote:
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>>>I want to find a certain text in a string and i want it to return me a
>>>boolean.
>>>What is the best thing to do this?
>>>
>>>a) ereg("search for this", $string); //
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> returns
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>>>int(1) if true, bool(false) if not
>>>b) strpos($nav->userAgent, "search for this") > 0 // gives me a
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> boolean
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>>>directly
>>>
>>>Any tips of which one I should use?
>>>
>>>/José Jeria
>>>
>>>
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