Check if string contains word (not a sentence string)

Question

I'm writing a PhP script, but for a filter I need to search for a string in a string.
this is the script I have at the moment:

<?php
$stringtocheck = "Schiphol-Almere C./Hilversum/Utrecht C.";
$searchfor = "Hilversum";

// do the magic stuff over here
?>

How do i get the script to search for '$searchfor' in '$stringtocheck'?

Have a look at [strpos()](http://php.net/strpos). – Jonnix Dec 07 '15 at 12:42 — Jonnix, Dec 07 '15 at 12:42

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 08 '19 at 06:52

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Use strpos for to find the needle-string in the haystack-string. And here the haystack-string is stringtocheck and the needle-string is searchfor.

Example of using the function:

<?php
$stringtocheck = "Schiphol-Almere C./Hilversum/Utrecht C.";
$searchfor = "Hilversum";

if(strpos($stringtocheck, $searchfor) !== false)
    echo true;
?>

edited May 08 '19 at 06:52

tripulse

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answered Dec 07 '15 at 12:43

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I've tried strpos, but it does not work. – Finlay Roelofs Dec 07 '15 at 12:45
oh, I made a typo it seems to work now – Finlay Roelofs Dec 07 '15 at 12:46
does it work for you? – PRANAV Dec 07 '15 at 12:49

Check if string contains word (not a sentence string)

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