if string is in string problem

[Roverturbo]

Hello,

I am trying to check if a string is in the topic title of a new thread, Then modify it.

PHP Code:

if (stristr('blah', $newpost['title']))
{

  $newpost['title'] = 'new blah';
        
} 


(blah is the string to find in this example)

Im doing this in newthread.php and the code above only works under these conditions:

1) blah is the first word in the subject field
2) The subject field contains only blah
3) Nothing is appended to blah

I have tried quite alot of different methods with no luck, Any help would be appreciated.

[Adrian Schneider]

It returns a string if it finds it, and false if it's not there. So, combining your code together:

PHP Code:

if (stristr($newpost['title'], 'blah'))
{
    $newpost['title'] = 'new blah';
} 


You should use stripos instead though - it is faster. It returns the position of the occurance on true, and false on failure.

PHP Code:

if (stripos($newpost['title'], 'blah') !== false)
{
    $newpost['title'] = 'new blah';
}