php if substring in string code example

Example 1: php check if string contains word

$myString = 'Hello Bob how are you?';
if (strpos($myString, 'Bob') !== false) {
    echo "My string contains Bob";
}

Example 2: how to check if a string contains a substring in php

$a = 'How are you?';

if (strpos($a, 'are') !== false) {
    echo 'true';
}

Example 3: find in php string or

$a = 'How are you?';

if (strpos($a, 'are') !== false) {
    echo 'true';
}

Example 4: php find if string contains

if (strpos($string, 'substring') !== false) {
	// do stuff 
}

Example 5: php find if substring is in string

$result = strpos("haystack", "needle");

if ($result != false)
{
  // text found
}

Example 6: php check if string contains a char

$haystack = 'This is my haystack that we shall check'
$has_A = strpos($haystack, 'A') !== false;
$has_a = strpos($haystack, 'a') !== false;