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

Posted by Coders Unlimited
Coders Unlimited
10,112 Points

Struck on cc task2

<?php

$var1 = "Rocky Road ";
$var2 = "Raspberry";
$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.";

}

?>

4 Answers

Joakim Bergman
Joakim Bergman
14,501 Points
Joakim Bergman
Joakim Bergman
14,501 Points

I might be wrong but I think stripos() is zeroindexed. In other words try to compare it to 0 instead of 1.

Coders Unlimited
Coders Unlimited
10,112 Points
Coders Unlimited
Coders Unlimited
10,112 Points

hey this code work for me you can try it.....

$var1 = "Rocky Road "; $var2 = "Raspberry"; $initial = "R";

if (stripos($var1,$initial) ==0 && stripos($var2,$initial) ==0) {

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

} else {

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

}

Richard Duncan
Richard Duncan
5,568 Points
Richard Duncan
Richard Duncan
5,568 Points

Spits out: Rocky Road and Raspberry both start with R.

What's the issue here?

Coders Unlimited
Coders Unlimited
10,112 Points
Coders Unlimited
Coders Unlimited
10,112 Points

ya we have to change those thing in this task and also assign the condition "==" not "===" that is the mistake in previous code...

Richard Duncan
Richard Duncan
5,568 Points
Richard Duncan
Richard Duncan
5,568 Points

Yes you should use the identity operator === for comparing to 0 but I checked that before my previous comment and the result is the same string.

Coders Unlimited
Coders Unlimited
10,112 Points
Coders Unlimited
Coders Unlimited
10,112 Points

yes same only the thing is if they give another task for comparing there we can easy to find the answer.