Question

How to check if a string contains a specific word (text) in PHP

Answer 1

$s = 'PHP HTML JavaScript';
 
if (strpos($s, 'PHP') !== false) 
    echo 'contains';
else
    echo 'not contains';


  
/*
run:
   
contains
    
*/

 

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Answer 2

$s = 'PHP HTML JavaScript';
 
if (preg_match('/PHP/',$s))
    echo 'contains';
else
    echo 'not contains';


  
/*
run:
   
contains
    
*/

 

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Answer 3

$s = 'PHP HTML JavaScript';
 
if (strstr($s, "PHP"))
    echo 'contains';
else
    echo 'not contains';


  
/*
run:
   
contains
    
*/

 

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