php-db | 2001072

[PHP-DB] Re: (preg_match ? From: Phillip Bow (pbow <email protected>)
Date: 07/26/01

This works only if the list is space delimited because of the \b:
$search = "TheName";
$data = "TheName TheAddress ThePhone";
if (preg_match("/\b$search\b/i", $data))
{ echo "True<br>"; }
else { echo "False<br>"; }

However as your list is now this works:

$search = "TheName";
$data = "TheName,TheAddress,ThePhone";
if (preg_match("/$search/i", $data))
{ echo "True<br>"; }
else { echo "False<br>"; } 

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phill

<phpnet <email protected>> wrote in message
news:3B60AC492BC.DF36PHPNET <email protected>
> What's wrong with this use of preg_match?
>
> $search = "TheName"
> $data = "TheName,TheAddress,ThePhone"
>
> if (preg_match('"/\b'.$search.'\b/i"', $data))
> {
> echo "True<br>";
> }
> else
> {
> echo "False<br>";
> }
> I am trying to see if the search name matches exactly a name in the $data.
> Thanks
> Dave

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