PHP - How To Check An Array For A Matching String And Return True - Newbie Help

$content = 'Here is some text and [A_CUSTOM].  Here is more text and [A_CUSTOM_TAG]'.
$content = str_replace('[A_CUSTOM]','I have a and custom',$content);
$content = str_replace('[A_CUSTOM_TAG]','I have a, custom and tag',$content);

Hi, and thanks for any help with this. 

I have this but of php i have been trying relentlessly to get working.. for over a month.
 

<?php
$abs="one two three four words";
$mT = "testing for matching words";

$words=explode(' ', $abs);
//$sf=($words);


if (preg_match($words, $mT))
{
        echo "the url $mT contains a Word";
}
else
{
        echo "the url $mT does Not contain a Word";

echo "$words[4]";

}
?>

You see, I get a responce only using the last line "$words[4]", (obviously, because I am pointing it the Matching word, (ie: with [4])
What i need to have is that the script will automatically "find" that Matching Word for me with ANYwhere of the string of $abs (not just the beginning or the ending)". 

not making it confusing, but the obvious word in this I am looking to find is the word, "words".
😕

Thanks so much for any help.

 

Hi there

I have started using php excell and getting most of it right. 

But i am struggling to search active sheet and return what cell the string is in. below is my code.

<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
set_time_limit(0);



$directory = "/var/www/html/csvex/xls/";
$formatdirectory = "/var/www/html/csvex/toformat/";
$finishedformatdirectory = "/var/www/html/csvex/formatted/";
$savanadirectory = "/var/www/html/iretire/files/upload/1/";
$main = "/var/www/html/csvex/";


$files = scandir($directory, SCANDIR_SORT_DESCENDING);

$newest_file = $files[0];
echo $newest_file;
echo "<br>";
$oldfile = $directory.$newest_file;
$newfile = $formatdirectory.$newest_file;
$changedfile = $finishedformatdirectory.$newest_file;
$crmfile = $savanadirectory.$newest_file;
echo $oldfile;
echo "<br>";
echo $newfile;

echo "<br>";
if( !rename($oldfile, $newfile) ) {  
    echo "File can't be moved!";  
}  
else {  
    echo "File has been moved!";  
} 
//format the file


date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London');
set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . './Classes/');

include 'PHPExcel/IOFactory.php';

$fileType = 'Excel5';
$fileName = $newfile;

// Read the file
$objReader = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createReader($fileType);
$objPHPExcel = $objReader->load($fileName);
//change font
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('a1:a6')->applyFromArray(
$styleArray = array(
'font' => array(
'bold' => true
)
)
);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('a6:aa6')->applyFromArray(
$styleArray = array(
'font' => array(
'bold' => true
)
)
);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('n16:aa16')->applyFromArray(
$styleArray = array(
'font' => array(
'bold' => true
)
)
);
//get INACTIVE MEMBERS
$foundInCells = array();
$searchValue = 'INACTIVE MEMBERS';
foreach ($objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet() as $worksheet) {
    $ws = $worksheet->getTitle();
    foreach ($worksheet->getRowIterator() as $row) {
        $cellIterator = $row->getCellIterator();
        $cellIterator->setIterateOnlyExistingCells(true);
        foreach ($cellIterator as $cell) {
            if ($cell->getValue() == $searchValue) {
                $foundInCells[] = $ws . '!' . $cell->getCoordinate();
            }
        }
    }
}
echo "<br>";
echo "<br>";
echo "this is where - - ";
var_dump($foundInCells);
echo "<br>";
echo "<br>";
//
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('a20')->applyFromArray(
$styleArray = array(
'font' => array(
'bold' => true
)
)
);

its located at //Get inactive members.

another one i am struggling with is to see if file exists if not then do nothing if it does run the code.

Hi everyone

for my end of studies projects I decided to do a little e-commerce problem on the filter .. I use an ajax request at the click of the checkbox this goes to my controller which calls a method of my Model class but the concern is that .. if the array $ _POST ['brands'] has several elements then only the last one is returned to me? I thought I saw one day that if the same variable is in a url then the last value will be returned to me is for security but how can I do ... I have been there for too long .. and finally despair. . Help me please... :')

request payload:

brands%5B%5D=arai&brands%5B%5D=bell

reply :

<- prepare var_dump ()
object (PDOStatement) # 2 (1) {["queryString"] => string (73) "SELECT mark FROM articles WHERE categorie_article =? AND mark IN (?,?)"}

string (4) "arai" <- bind
string (4) "bell" <- bind

var_dump () of my fetchAll ()
array (2) {[0] => array (2) {["brand"] => string (4) "bell" [0] => string (4) "bell"} [1] => array (2 ) {["brand"] => string (4) "bell" [0] => string (4) "bell"}}
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since the last value taken into account is bell then I get two items of the bell brand from my bdd but no arai ...