php - Searching for occurence of a string in a comma delimited list -

php - Searching for occurence of a string in a comma delimited list -

i have comma separated list , in list interested know if specific string starts in way present.

$accounting = 'acc'; $str = 'loan,k,hi,588888,acc'; if (strpos($str, $accounting) === true) { echo 'that contained accounting'; } else{ echo 'nothing found'; }

the code giving me nil found.does strpos work in comma delimited list?.

does strpos work in comma delimited list?.

no, doesn't, because $str not list, it's string. have convert list (=array) first:

$lst = explode(',', $str);

and search list:

if(in_array('acc', $lst)....

your wording bit unclear, if you're looking list element starts specific string, it's more complicated:

function has_element_that_starts_with($lst, $prefix) { foreach($lst $item) if(strpos($item, $prefix) === 0) // note 3 ='s homecoming true; homecoming false; }

another alternative regular expression:

if(preg_match("~(^|,){$acc}(,|$)~", $str)....

for partial strings:

if(preg_match("~(^|,){$acc}~", $str)....

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