Check if a string contains a certain number

Question

I have a string

8,7,13,14,16

Whats the easiest way to determine if a given number is present in that string?

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Answer 1

Another way, that might be more efficient for laaaaaaaarge strings, is using a regexp:

$numberA = "13";
$string = "8,7,13,14,16";

if(preg_match('/(^|,)'.$numberA.'($|,)/', $string)){
    $result = "Yeah, that number is in there";
} else {
    $result = "Sorry.";
}