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PHP Enhancing a Simple PHP Application Adding Search: Model Using stripos: Starts with R

Posted by MUZ140610 Tinashe Marunda
MUZ140610 Tinashe Marunda
7,028 Points

I have this block of code that isn’t working correctly, but I can’t figure out the problem. It says that Broccoli and Cr

help

index.php 
<?php

    $var1 = "Broccoli";
    $var2 = "Cream Soda";
    $initial = "R";

    if (stripos($var1,$initial) == 1 && stripos($var2,$initial) == 1) {

        echo $var1 . " and " . $var2 . " both start with " . $initial . ".";

    } else {

        echo "Either " . $var1 . " or " . $var2 . " doesn't start with " . $initial . "; maybe neither of them do.";

    }

?>

1 Answer

Gabriele Venturini
Gabriele Venturini
3,313 Points
Gabriele Venturini
Gabriele Venturini
3,313 Points

I think u need replace:

$initial = "R";

with:

$initial = "r";