preg_match, getting the string index of a match.

[zoomby]

hi,

preg_match:
imagine you have a string "hello world", and search for the substring "world" via preg_match. how can I found out the location where the substring was found?
The result of the string above should be 7, because "world" begins with character number 7.

My goal is to show a small portion of a big string around a matched substring.

bye
Chris

 

[danielhozac]

preg_match can't do that, however, strpos can. strpos takes two arguments, the string to search and the string to search for. For more information, check out

http://www.php.net/strpos

//Daniel

 

[zoomby]

Thanks!