preg_match Find on Page

I'm looking to use preg_match to find:

href="http://mostplays.com"

On a page. However I'm not sure exactly how to do that with preg_match.


Basically if it finds it on a page then show true, else show false.

Probably very simple with and if else.

 

If you are searching for exact string, strpos is faster and more preferable than preg_match.

Use

if (strpos($text,'href="http://mostplays.com"') !== false)
 echo 'exists';
else
 echo 'no';

PHP:

 

preg_match will return 1 if a match is found or false/zero otherwise, so you can safely do something like this logic-wise with preg_match.

if(preg_match(...))
{
   // do stuff
}

Code (markup):

If you're searching for an exact string, use strpos or stripos like wmtips suggested.

However, if this is for something like a backlink verification where site owners may vary the way they enter their HTML, pattern matching is easier to maintain than a strpos loop.

if(preg_match('#href\s*=\s*([\'"])http://domain\.com/$1#i', $str))
{

}

Code (markup):