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Using strstr() to exclude two values

I have this code:

if(!strstr($value, '<p>')){...}

This outputs data from a database to an excel file excluding any fields that contain <p>.

I would also like to exclude fields that contains </script>

Ive tried these two code snippets without success:

if((!strstr($value, '<p>')) and (!strstr($value, '</script>')))

And:

if(!strstr($value, '<p>', '</script>'))

Basically my question is how can I exclude both <p> and </scrpit> from my excel file?

Solution

  • You can use regural expression and preg_match function for this one:

    if(!preg_match("/(<p>|<\/script>)/", $value)) {
    // Do your magic!   
}

    You can read more about preg_match here: PHP preg_match And if you have problems with regular expressions, check out this example: example and play around with it to get a hold of regular expressions.

    And as far as I can see, your logic should work just fine. Maybe your $value variables hold wrong data. Anyway, you have something to get you going.

    Hope this helps!