PHP - How to check if a string contains a specific text [duplicate]

Answer 1

http://php.net/manual/en/function.strpos.php I think you are wondiner if 'some text' exists in the string right?

if(strpos( $a , 'some text' ) !== false)

Answer 2

you can use this code

$a = '';

if(!empty($a))
  echo 'text';