Question

I am currently using php to open a csv file, check down for a cell containing particular content and using if-else to gain spicific information. However, I need to check if a cell contains PART of some information.

e.g.

current code:

$error_handle = fopen("$reportUrl", "r");
while (!feof($error_handle) )
{
    $line_of_text = fgetcsv($error_handle, 1024);
    if($line_of_text[0] !== "")
        {
            $countErrors++;
        }
}
fclose($error_handle);

code I want:

$error_handle = fopen("$reportUrl", "r");
while (!feof($error_handle) )
{
    $line_of_text = fgetcsv($error_handle, 1024);
    if($line_of_text[4] == "$date *")
        {
            $countErrors++;
        }
}
fclose($error_handle);

the ‘*’ is representing a time that will be different for each line of text so can’t be used but is part of the same cell. How do I select the cells with the same date but different times?

FYI, the date format would usually be ’15/01/2013 12:06pm’

Answer 1

Use the strpos function:

if(strpos($line_of_text[4], "$date ") ===0) { found }

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Think I’ve got it:

I’m using the following:

        while (!feof($error_handle) )
        {
            $line_of_text = fgetcsv($error_handle, 1024);
            if(strpos($line_of_text[4], $date) !== false)
                {
                    $countErrors++;
                }
        }
    fclose($error_handle);

which seems to be working