Test if a string contains a word in PHP?
if (strpos($string, $word) === FALSE) { ... not found ...}
Note that strpos()
is case sensitive, if you want a case-insensitive search, use stripos()
instead.
Also note the ===
, forcing a strict equality test. strpos CAN return a valid 0
if the 'needle' string is at the start of the 'haystack'. By forcing a check for an actual boolean false (aka 0), you eliminate that false positive.
Use strpos
. If the string is not found it returns false
, otherwise something that is not false
. Be sure to use a type-safe comparison (===
) as 0
may be returned and it is a falsy value:
if (strpos($string, $substring) === false) { // substring is not found in string}if (strpos($string, $substring2) !== false) { // substring2 is found in string}
<?php// Use this function and Pass Mixed string and what you want to search in mixed string.// For Example : $mixedStr = "hello world. This is john duvey"; $searchStr= "john"; if(strpos($mixedStr,$searchStr)) { echo "Your string here"; }else { echo "String not here"; }