Php search string (with wildcards)

Question

Is there a way to put a wildcard in a string? The reason why I am asking is because currently I have a function to search for a substring between two substrings (i.e grab th

Answer 1

Use a regex.

$string = "My dog has fleas";
if (preg_match("/\S+ (\S+) has fleas/", $string, $matches))
  echo ($matches[1]);
else
  echo ("Not found");

\S means any non-space character, + means one or more of the previous thing, so \S+ means match one or more non-space characters. (…) means capture the content of the submatch and put into the $matches array.