search for a sentence in a paragraph

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search for a sentence in a paragraph

How can I search a paragraph for one or more sentences using PHP ?

Thank you

+2 A:

Yes. strpos will tell you whether a string exists within a string.

deceze 2010-08-20 05:46:20

Well it'll tell you the first occurrence :P `strstr()` will give you a Boolean return, except I hear it is slower.

alex 2010-08-20 05:49:02

@alex `strstr` will return the part of the string starting at the match or `false`. `strpos` will return the starting index or `false`. You have to compare both to `=== false`. Not a big difference, really. :P

deceze 2010-08-20 05:54:59

@deceze I should really read the docs before I say something... you're right :) Have a +1

alex 2010-08-20 06:07:34

+1 A:

Have a look over here, maybe here and here.

phimuemue 2010-08-20 05:47:03

+1 A:

Well, you'll probably want to use "preg_match()" if possible (requires knowledge of regular expressions though). "strstr()" works too if you know exactly what you want to find.

NightKev 2010-08-20 05:47:11