string contains a substring

How does one tell if a string contains a certain substring?

For example:

$a = popen("/bin/ping -c1 $rhost", "r");
$read = fread($a, 1024);
pclose($a);
if($read contains "1 received")
{
print "Ping Succeded";
}
else
{
print "Ping Failed";
}

hokieghal99 wrote:
> How does one tell if a string contains a certain substring?
>
> For example:
>
> $a = popen("/bin/ping -c1 $rhost", "r");
> $read = fread($a, 1024);
> pclose($a);

if (strpos($read, '1 received') !== false) {
// do not use != instead!!
echo 'Ping Succeded';
} else {
echo 'Ping Failed';
}

http://www.php.net/strpos


and, since you're already reading the manual, check all other string
functions :)

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strpos.php
--
--= my mail box only accepts =--
--= Content-Type: text/plain =--
--= Size below 10001 bytes =--

"hokieghal99" <hokiegal99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:btf4ad$400$1@solaris.cc.vt.edu...
> How does one tell if a string contains a certain substring?
>
> For example:
>
> $a = popen("/bin/ping -c1 $rhost", "r");
> $read = fread($a, 1024);
> pclose($a);
> if($read contains "1 received")
> {
> print "Ping Succeded";
> }
> else
> {
> print "Ping Failed";
> }
>
>
>

Pssst. Ping doesnt work on on machines, sometimes php wont let you execute
a system command,
try this:
http://www.gzentools.com/snippetview...=fuzzyping.php

--
Mike Bradley
http://www.gzentools.com -- free online php tools

Pedro Graca wrote:
> hokieghal99 wrote:
>
>>How does one tell if a string contains a certain substring?
>>
>>For example:
>>
>> $a = popen("/bin/ping -c1 $rhost", "r");
>> $read = fread($a, 1024);
>> pclose($a);
>
>
> if (strpos($read, '1 received') !== false) {
> // do not use != instead!!
> echo 'Ping Succeded';
> } else {
> echo 'Ping Failed';
> }
>
> http://www.php.net/strpos
>
>
> and, since you're already reading the manual, check all other string
> functions :)
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strpos.php

That works great. Thanks for the string info... I'll read up on it!

CountScubula wrote:
> Pssst. Ping doesnt work on on machines, sometimes php wont let you execute
> a system command,
> try this:
> http://www.gzentools.com/snippetview...=fuzzyping.php
>
> --
> Mike Bradley
> http://www.gzentools.com -- free online php tools

Umm... it works on mine... no problem at all. Why do you say this???

"hokieghal99" <hokiegal99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:btf7hs$9a7$2@solaris.cc.vt.edu...
> CountScubula wrote:
> > Pssst. Ping doesnt work on on machines, sometimes php wont let you
execute
> > a system command,
> > try this:
> > http://www.gzentools.com/snippetview...=fuzzyping.php
> >
> > --
> > Mike Bradley
> > http://www.gzentools.com -- free online php tools
>
> Umm... it works on mine... no problem at all. Why do you say this???
>

I meant some machines, not all.

There was another post a couple of days ago, somone wanted to have the ping
to user time in his script, but was unable to run system commands (php was
locked down)

I originaly posted a ping code snippet, but it didnt work for him, so I
wrote that workaround.

--
Mike Bradley
http://www.gzentools.com -- free online php tools