For some reason I can't get strpos to work to search my array, even if $jobList[1] and $titlesearch are the same values... Sorry if it's something obvious but I'm still pretty new to coding!
I begin with my $data array which looks like this:
Array
(
[0] => P0001 Lifeguard descexample 18/09/18 parttime fixedterm mail vic
[2] => P0002 IT Manager descexample 18/09/18 fulltime ongoing post mail sa
)
I then explode each of these entries into their own array...
for ($i = 0; $i < count($data); $i++) {
$jobList = explode("\t", $data[$i]);
}
Array
(
[0] => P0001
[1] => Lifeguard
[2] => descexample
[3] => 18/09/18
[4] => parttime
[5] => fixedterm
[6] =>
[7] => mail
[8] => vic
)
Array
(
[0] => P0002
[1] => IT Manager
[2] => descexample
[3] => 18/09/18
[4] => fulltime
[5] => ongoing
[6] => post
[7] => mail
[8] => sa
)
Now I'm trying to search through these arrays from a user input, $titlesearch, and find it's matches with the job titles, $jobList[1]:
if (strpos($jobList[1], $titlesearch)) {
echo "nice one";
}
No matter what loops I try, the strpos never returns true, even if I echo the values and they both give the same result, so I'm really not sure what I'm doing wrong :'(
Any help is greatly appreciated!
You should always compare the data type when using this function as it may not return a boolean and it can be missleading. Check documentation here
Try it something like this:
if (strpos($jobList[1], $titlesearch) !== false) {
echo "nice one";
}