Thank you much! I was going to use preg_grep, preg_replace, preg_match,
preg_match_all something like that, but this subsrt_count() will do the
trick nicely! Thank you very much!
Rick
> Hi Richard.
>
> Subsrt_count() is what you are looking for:
> int substr_count (string haystrack, string needle)
> php.net/substr_count
>
> P.S: Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones Diary is a nice novel, hun?
>
>
> Maxim Maletsky
> PHPBeginner.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Baskett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: mercoledi 26 settembre 2001 9.01
> To: PHP General
> 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
>
>
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