PHP check string for html

Question

$content gives the html code like:

<p>text</p>
<p><img ... /></p>
<div class="video">...</div>

or just

<p>text</p>
<p>more text</p>

Also we have a variable:

$video_match = false;

We should turn $video_match to true, if <div class="video"> (exactly this code) exists in $content.

Thanks.

Sarfraz · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-01 13:32:07Z

5

Use:

if (strpos($content, '<div class="video">') !== FALSE)
{
  $video_match = true;
}

More Info:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.strpos.php

Update:

Or more compact version as shown in the comments below:

$video_match = (strpos($content, '<div class="video">') !== FALSE);

answered Aug 1, 2010 at 13:32

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4 Comments

HoLyVieR Over a year ago

Simply this would do the job : $video_match = (strpos($content, '<div class="video">') !== FALSE);

You Over a year ago

$video_match = (strpos($content, '<div class="video">') !== FALSE);

Sarfraz Over a year ago

@HoLyVieR: That's true but strictly it would return a number not true but anyway any number greater than 0 would still be considered true so yes that is a short way of doing it. Thanks

user1403947 Over a year ago

$video_match = (strpos($content, '<div class="video">');

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