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Yo, wussup G'
I've had a look at PHP.net for some decent string search functions, but the best I could muster was a comparison that took the whole search term and compared it to another string. So I know that I either need to find a way of breaking down an inputted string by spaces, then comparing each individual word, or does PHP have a search function already, and I'm such a joey that I can't find it?
You have until I get back from the toilet, run my minions, run!
I've had a look at PHP.net for some decent string search functions, but the best I could muster was a comparison that took the whole search term and compared it to another string. So I know that I either need to find a way of breaking down an inputted string by spaces, then comparing each individual word, or does PHP have a search function already, and I'm such a joey that I can't find it?
You have until I get back from the toilet, run my minions, run!
Nah, just a simple search function, to find elements of one string in another. But couldn't find one on PHP.net. The string breakdown thing will be fine, as long as no proper Joeys try to use it with their headrods. If I was making a swear filter I'd just use the str_replace function and put in words like "sugar", or "fudge".
What type of comparisons are you wanting to run (i.e. are you after something like a swear filter)?
Haven't got round to writing it yet, been doing other stuff. I'll probably break up the string then run it through the texts that need comparing. I thought PHP would have had a specific search function, and not just string comparisons...although I suppose they're more or less the same. The results might be too strict though, so I'll have a look at some more methods.
Did you manage to get the search function you were after?
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Cheers Garin, I'll give that a go. Didn't see "preg" on the php.net site, but I'll look it up.
Cheers Garin, I'll give that a go. Didn't see "preg" on the php.net site, but I'll look it up.
As far as I know theres nothing that'll do it all for you, but if you're feeling brave you could use regular expressions, eg
$search="word1 word2 word3";
// Convert the string into a regular expression
$newsearch= preg_replace("/\s+/","|",trim($search));
// sets newsearch to "word1|word2|word3"
if (preg_match("/$newsearch/","word2 is in this text")) {
echo "match found";
}
Regular expressions are a whole topic in themselves though, so maybe you'd feel more comfortable just breaking up the string
$search="word1 word2 word3";
// Convert the string into a regular expression
$newsearch= preg_replace("/\s+/","|",trim($search));
// sets newsearch to "word1|word2|word3"
if (preg_match("/$newsearch/","word2 is in this text")) {
echo "match found";
}
Regular expressions are a whole topic in themselves though, so maybe you'd feel more comfortable just breaking up the string
You've spent along time on the toilet then?
Yo, wussup G'
I've had a look at PHP.net for some decent string search functions, but the best I could muster was a comparison that took the whole search term and compared it to another string. So I know that I either need to find a way of breaking down an inputted string by spaces, then comparing each individual word, or does PHP have a search function already, and I'm such a joey that I can't find it?
You have until I get back from the toilet, run my minions, run!
I've had a look at PHP.net for some decent string search functions, but the best I could muster was a comparison that took the whole search term and compared it to another string. So I know that I either need to find a way of breaking down an inputted string by spaces, then comparing each individual word, or does PHP have a search function already, and I'm such a joey that I can't find it?
You have until I get back from the toilet, run my minions, run!