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From: Richard Baskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 12:01:11AM -0700
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [PHP] one pattern, one string, multiple results
> I just can not seem to figure this out.
>
> If i have a pattern 'arc' and I want to search the string:
> "an arc is an archer, but what about marc and darcy?"
>
> How can I find out how many occurances of arc is within that string? I know
> I can do an explode and then compare it, but when you have huge amounts of
> text... is this the best way? Or is there something better? Any help would
> be great I have been struggling with this for awhile, since I really do not
> want to explode, pun intended :)
>
> Rick
</Original message>
<Reply>
This you do the job exactly as you want:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr-count.php
int substr_count (string haystrack, string needle)
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