String search question

[wglenn01]

Hey all,

I have a quick question and I know the answer is probably pretty easy but i've been working on it a while now and can't figure out how to get this done.

SOO the situation is. I am looping through an RSS feed and with each entry I want to search for a brand name within the title, and add a company logo beside the entry.  I was playing with something like this but it doesn't work real well..

 

// Find Kokatat
$find = "Kokatat";
if(strstr($string, $find)) {
$icon = "koksm.jpg";
} else {
	$icon = "";
}

 

I appreciate any input!

[AbraCadaver]

I don't know what "doesn't work real well" means, but I would try this:

 

$find = "Kokatat";

if(stripos($string, $find) !== false) {
   $icon = "koksm.jpg";
} else {
   $icon = "";
}

[wglenn01]

Well what I mean is, it works as a single search but when I add another, below it to search for a different name, if the first one succeeds and sets $icon, then the second doesn't succeed and sets $icon to empty. Does that make sense?

 

I have 27 different names I need to loop through to see which one comes back with a match.

[wglenn01]

Also I need it to be able to search for say "Primaloft" in this sentence, even though it has an R.

 

PrimaLoft® Supports L.L. Bean’s 2010 Winter Sports Weekend in Freeport

[AbraCadaver]

Well what I mean is, it works as a single search but when I add another, below it to search for a different name, if the first one succeeds and sets $icon, then the second doesn't succeed and sets $icon to empty. Does that make sense?

 

I have 27 different names I need to loop through to see which one comes back with a match.

 

Several ways to do it.  Here's one:

 

$words = array('Kokatat'=>'koksm.jpg', 'Something'=>'something.jpg', 'Another'=>'123.jpg'); //etc...
$icon = '';

foreach($words as $search => $icon) {
   if(stripos($string, $search) !== false) {
      break;
   }
}
echo $icon;

[wglenn01]

Wow! Yay that works awesome, thank you so much!

[AbraCadaver]

Here's two other ways with some minor modifications:

 

http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/php-coding-help/search-string-for-any-match-to-a-list-of-words/msg1500104/#msg1500104