So, I want to check the users-input, if it contains some of these characters:
" ' < >
I hope someone can show me a better way with less code
Thanks!
I used preg_match, but i just managed it with 4 nested if's.
/*Checks if the given value is valid*/
private function checkValidInput($input)
{
/*If there is no " */
if(preg_match('/"/', $input) == false)
{
/*If there is no ' */
if(preg_match("/'/", $input) == false)
{
/*If there is no <*/
if(preg_match("/</", $input) == false)
{
/*If there is no >*/
if(preg_match("/>/", $input) == false)
{
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
You could create a regex class
preg_match('#["\'<>]#', $input);
Edit:
If you need to check for all characters then use strpos() with for loop
function checkInput($val) {
$contains = true;
$required = "<>a";
for($i = 0, $count = strlen($required); $i < $count ; ++$i) {
$contains = $contains && false !== strpos($val, $required[$i]);
}
return $contains;
}
var_dump(checkInput('abcd<>a')); // true
var_dump(checkInput('abcd>a')); // false, doesn't contain <
I have a project where I need some basic boolean search in pure PHP. It means I have plain strings I want to offer some simple boolean search on them. No database or other indexing engine is involved, so please don't refer to MySQL boolean search or lucene.
At the end something like the following code should print contains and not found.
$search = 'foo -bar "must have" -"must not have"';
$contentFound = 'This is some foo text you must have.';
$contentNotFound = 'This is some bar text you must have.';
if ($this->booleanSearch($contentFound, $search)) {
echo 'contains';
} else {
echo 'not found';
}
if ($this->booleanSearch($contentNotFound, $search)) {
echo 'contains';
} else {
echo 'not found';
}
For a simple implementation you could just split the criteria (taking into account the quotes) and iterate over each criterion to see whether it matches or not:
function booleanSearch($content, $search) {
$criteria = str_getcsv($search, ' ');
while ($criteria) {
$not = false;
$q = array_shift($criteria);
if (substr($q, 0, 2) === '-"') {
$not = true;
while (substr($q, -1) != '"') {
$q .= " " . array_shift($criteria);
}
$q = substr($q, 2, -1);
}
else if (substr($q, 0, 1) === '-' && strpos($q, ' ') === false) {
$not = true;
$q = substr($q, 1);
}
$found = strpos($content, $q) !== false;
if ($found === $not) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
How to know if a given string starts with a defied set of words?
$allowed = array("foo", "bar");
pseudocode:
$boolean = somefunction($allowed,'food');
$boolean should be TRUE
function doesStringStartWith($string, $startWithOptions)
{
foreach($startWithOptions as $option)
{
if(substr($string, 0, strlen($option)) == $option) // comment this for case-insenstive
// uncomment this for case-insenstive: if(strtolower(substr($string, 0, strlen($option))) == strtolower($option))
{
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
$result = doesStringStartWith('food', array('foo', 'bar'));
function somefunction($allowed, $word) {
$result = array_filter(
$allowed,
function ($value) use ($word) {
return strpos($word, $value) === 0;
}
);
return (boolean) count($result);
}
$boolean = somefunction($allowed,'food');
If you know that all of your prefixes are the same length you could do this:
if ( in_array( substr($input,0,3), $allowed ) {
// your code
}
I came up with the following function:
function testPos($allowed,$s) {
$a = 0;
while($a < count($allowed)) {
if(strpos($s,$allowed[$a]) === 0) {
return true;
}
$a++;
}
}
Now you can try:
$allowed = array('foo','bar');
echo testPos($allowed,'food');
I have looked around the internet for something that will do this but it will only work with one word.
I am trying to build a script that will detect a bad username for my site, the bad username will be detected if the username contains any of the words in an array.
Here's the code I made, but failed to work.
$bad_words = array("yo","hi");
$sentence = "yo";
if (strpos($bad_words,$sentence)==false) {
echo "success";
}
If anybody could help me, I would appreciate it.
use
substr_count
for an array use the following function
function substr_count_array( $haystack, $needle ) {
$count = 0;
foreach ($needle as $substring) {
$count += substr_count( $haystack, $substring);
}
return $count;
}
You can use this code:
$bad_words = array("yo","hi");
$sentence = "yo you your";
// break your sentence into words first
preg_match_all('/\w+/', $sentence, $m);
echo ( array_diff ( $m[0], $bad_words ) === $m[0] ) ? "no bad words found\n" :
"bad words found\n";
// returns false or true
function multiStringTester($feed , $arrayTest)
{
$validator = false;
for ($i = 0; $i < count($arrayTest); $i++)
{
if (stringTester($feed, $arrayTest[$i]) === false )
{
continue;
} else
{
$validator = true;
}
}
return $validator;
}
//www.ffdigital.net
I believe a sentence is more than one single word
Try
$badwords = array("yo","hi");
$string = "i am yo this is testing";
$word = array_intersect( $badwords,explode(" " , $string));
if(empty($word))
{
echo "Sucess" ;
}
<?php
function isUserNameCorrect()
{
Foreach($badname in $badnames)
{
if(strstr($badname, $enteredname) == false)
{
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
Maybe this helps
Unfortunately, you can't give an Array to functions strpos/strstr directly.
According to PHP.net comments, to do this you need to use (or create your own if you want) function like this:
function strstr_array($haystack, $needle)
{
if ( !is_array( $haystack ) ) {
return false;
}
foreach ( $haystack as $element ) {
if ( stristr( $element, $needle ) ) {
return $element;
}
}
}
Then, just change strpos to the new function - strstr_array:
$bad_words = array("yo","hi");
$sentence = "yo";
if (strstr_array($bad_words,$sentence)==false) {
echo "success";
}
I'd implement this as follows:
$bad_words = array("yo","hi");
$sentence = "yo";
$valid = true;
foreach ($bad_words as $bad_word) {
if (strpos($sentence, $bad_word) !== false) {
$valid = false;
break;
}
}
if ($valid) {
echo "success";
}
A sentence is valid unless it contains at least one word from $bad_words. Note the strict checking (i.e. !==), without this the check will fail when the result of strpos is 0 instead of false.
You're close. You can do it the following way:
$bad_words = array("yo","hi");
$sentence = "yo";
$match = false;
foreach($bad_words as $bad_word) {
if (strpos($bad_word,$sentence) === false) { # use $bad_word, not $bad_words
$match = true;
break;
}
}
if($match) { echo "success"; }
How do you use the strpos for an array of needles when searching a string? For example:
$find_letters = array('a', 'c', 'd');
$string = 'abcdefg';
if(strpos($string, $find_letters) !== false)
{
echo 'All the letters are found in the string!';
}
Because when using this, it wouldn't work, it would be good if there was something like this
#Dave an updated snippet from http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strpos.php#107351
function strposa($haystack, $needles=array(), $offset=0) {
$chr = array();
foreach($needles as $needle) {
$res = strpos($haystack, $needle, $offset);
if ($res !== false) $chr[$needle] = $res;
}
if(empty($chr)) return false;
return min($chr);
}
How to use:
$string = 'Whis string contains word "cheese" and "tea".';
$array = array('burger', 'melon', 'cheese', 'milk');
if (strposa($string, $array, 1)) {
echo 'true';
} else {
echo 'false';
}
will return true, because of array "cheese".
Update: Improved code with stop when the first of the needles is found:
function strposa(string $haystack, array $needles, int $offset = 0): bool
{
foreach($needles as $needle) {
if(strpos($haystack, $needle, $offset) !== false) {
return true; // stop on first true result
}
}
return false;
}
$string = 'This string contains word "cheese" and "tea".';
$array = ['burger', 'melon', 'cheese', 'milk'];
var_dump(strposa($string, $array)); // will return true, since "cheese" has been found
str_replace is considerably faster.
$find_letters = array('a', 'c', 'd');
$string = 'abcdefg';
$match = (str_replace($find_letters, '', $string) != $string);
The below code not only shows how to do it, but also puts it in an easy to use function moving forward. It was written by "jesda". (I found it online)
PHP Code:
<?php
/* strpos that takes an array of values to match against a string
* note the stupid argument order (to match strpos)
*/
function strpos_arr($haystack, $needle) {
if(!is_array($needle)) $needle = array($needle);
foreach($needle as $what) {
if(($pos = strpos($haystack, $what))!==false) return $pos;
}
return false;
}
?>
Usage:
$needle = array('something','nothing');
$haystack = "This is something";
echo strpos_arr($haystack, $needle); // Will echo True
$haystack = "This isn't anything";
echo strpos_arr($haystack, $needle); // Will echo False
The question, is the provided example just an "example" or exact what you looking for? There are many mixed answers here, and I dont understand the complexibility of the accepted one.
To find out if ANY content of the array of needles exists in the string, and quickly return true or false:
$string = 'abcdefg';
if(str_replace(array('a', 'c', 'd'), '', $string) != $string){
echo 'at least one of the needles where found';
};
If, so, please give #Leon credit for that.
To find out if ALL values of the array of needles exists in the string, as in this case, all three 'a', 'b' and 'c' MUST be present, like you mention as your "for example"
echo 'All the letters are found in the string!';
Many answers here is out of that context, but I doubt that the intension of the question as you marked as resolved. E.g. The accepted answer is a needle of
$array = array('burger', 'melon', 'cheese', 'milk');
What if all those words MUST be found in the string?
Then you try out some "not accepted answers" on this page.
You can iterate through the array and set a "flag" value if strpos returns false.
$flag = false;
foreach ($find_letters as $letter)
{
if (strpos($string, $letter) !== false)
{
$flag = true;
}
}
Then check the value of $flag.
If you just want to check if certain characters are actually in the string or not, use strtok:
$string = 'abcdefg';
if (strtok($string, 'acd') === $string) {
// not found
} else {
// found
}
This expression searches for all letters:
count(array_filter(
array_map("strpos", array_fill(0, count($letters), $str), $letters),
"is_int")) == count($letters)
You can try this:
function in_array_strpos($word, $array){
foreach($array as $a){
if (strpos($word,$a) !== false) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
You can also try using strpbrk() for the negation (none of the letters have been found):
$find_letters = array('a', 'c', 'd');
$string = 'abcdefg';
if(strpbrk($string, implode($find_letters)) === false)
{
echo 'None of these letters are found in the string!';
}
This is my approach. Iterate over characters in the string until a match is found. On a larger array of needles this will outperform the accepted answer because it doesn't need to check every needle to determine that a match has been found.
function strpos_array($haystack, $needles = [], $offset = 0) {
for ($i = $offset, $len = strlen($haystack); $i < $len; $i++){
if (in_array($haystack[$i],$needles)) {
return $i;
}
}
return false;
}
I benchmarked this against the accepted answer and with an array of more than 7 $needles this was dramatically faster.
If i just want to find out if any of the needles exist in the haystack, i use
reusable function
function strposar($arrayOfNeedles, $haystack){
if (count(array_filter($arrayOfNeedles, function($needle) use($haystack){
return strpos($haystack, $needle) !== false;
})) > 0){
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
strposar($arrayOfNeedles, $haystack); //returns true/false
or lambda function
if (count(array_filter($arrayOfNeedles, function($needle) use($haystack){
return strpos($haystack, $needle) !== false;
})) > 0){
//found so do this
} else {
//not found do this instead
}
With the following code:
$flag = true;
foreach($find_letters as $letter)
if(false===strpos($string, $letter)) {
$flag = false;
break;
}
Then check the value of $flag. If it is true, all letters have been found. If not, it's false.
I'm writing a new answer which hopefully helps anyone looking for similar to what I am.
This works in the case of "I have multiple needles and I'm trying to use them to find a singled-out string". and this is the question I came across to find that.
$i = 0;
$found = array();
while ($i < count($needle)) {
$x = 0;
while ($x < count($haystack)) {
if (strpos($haystack[$x], $needle[$i]) !== false) {
array_push($found, $haystack[$x]);
}
$x++;
}
$i++;
}
$found = array_count_values($found);
The array $found will contain a list of all the matching needles, the item of the array with the highest count value will be the string(s) you're looking for, you can get this with:
print_r(array_search(max($found), $found));
Reply to #binyamin and #Timo.. (not enough points to add a comment..) but the result doesn't contain the position..
The code below will return the actual position of the first element which is what strpos is intended to do. This is useful if you're expecting to find exactly 1 match.. If you're expecting to find multiple matches, then position of first found may be meaningless.
function strposa($haystack, $needle, $offset=0) {
if(!is_array($needle)) $needle = array($needle);
foreach($needle as $query) {
$res=strpos($haystack, $query, $offset);
if($res !== false) return $res; // stop on first true result
}
return false;
}
Just an upgrade from above answers
function strsearch($findme, $source){
if(is_array($findme)){
if(str_replace($findme, '', $source) != $source){
return true;
}
}else{
if(strpos($source,$findme)){
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
<?php
$Words = array("hello","there","world");
$c = 0;
$message = 'Hi hello';
foreach ($Words as $word):
$trial = stripos($message,$word);
if($trial != true){
$c++;
echo 'Word '.$c.' didnt match <br> <br>';
}else{
$c++;
echo 'Word '.$c.' matched <br> <br>';
}
endforeach;
?>
I used this kind of code to check for hello, It also Has a numbering feature.
You can use this if you want to do content moderation practices in websites that need the user to type