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Asked: 2026-05-15T22:51:38+00:00

In php is there a way i can check if a string includes a

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In php is there a way i can check if a string includes a value.
Say i had a string “this & that”, could i check if that included “this”.
Thanks

UPDATED:

$u = username session

function myLeagues2($u)
{
     $q = "SELECT * FROM ".TBL_FIXTURES." WHERE `home_user` = '$u' GROUP BY `compname` ";
   return mysql_query($q, $this->connection);

}

That code returns if there is an exact match in the database.
But i put two usernames together like “username1 & username2” and need to check if the username session is present in that field.

Is that a way to do this? It obviously woudn’t equal it.

ANOTHER UPDATE:

If i use the like %username% in the sql, will it appear if its just the username. So rather than Luke & Matt being shown, if its just Luke will that show too? I dont want it to, i just want things that arent. Can you put != and LIKE so you only get similar matches but not identical?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I like stristr the best because it is case insensitive.

    Usage example from php.net:

    $email = 'USER@EXAMPLE.com';
echo stristr($email, 'e'); // outputs ER@EXAMPLE.com
echo stristr($email, 'e', true); // As of PHP 5.3.0, outputs US

    based on your update

    I think you want to use the like statement

    SELECT * FROM table 
WHERE home_user LIKE "%username1%" OR home_user LIKE "%username2%"
GROUP BY compname

    The % Is your wild card.

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