Hi RevDave

Theres the similar_text() function which calculates the procentage of te 
similarity between
two strings.

If your looking for a check to see if a string has some specified text then 
use the strpos()
function and then the identical comparison operator to check for true and 
false


Kalle Sommer Nielsen
DR - www.dr.dk

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Subject: [PHP] Newbie - is there a function similar to the sql 'like' 
comparison operator?


> Newbie - is there a function similar to the sql 'like' comparison 
> operator?
>
> I would like to be able to compare 2 strings:
>
> If $this ---*like or similar to*--- $that
>
> That type of thing...
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> I know of this page:
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> http://us3.php.net/manual/sl/language.operators.comparison.php
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>
> But I don't see something 'like' or 'similar' to something else
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