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\$\begingroup\$ Couldn't something like this work: !strlen(str_replace($a,'',$b)); It should return 1 if two strings are equal? \$\endgroup\$

dkasipovic
– dkasipovic

2014-03-17 14:40:55 +00:00
Commented Mar 17, 2014 at 14:40
\$\begingroup\$ @D.Kasipovic Interesting, but I think it fails for $a == 'foo' and $b = 'foofoo' :) \$\endgroup\$

Jack
– Jack

2014-03-17 16:10:01 +00:00
Commented Mar 17, 2014 at 16:10
\$\begingroup\$ True, how about this then, it limits replace to one !strlen(preg_replace("/{$a}/", '', $b, 1)); and is 45 characters? \$\endgroup\$

dkasipovic
– dkasipovic

2014-03-17 18:29:48 +00:00
Commented Mar 17, 2014 at 18:29
\$\begingroup\$ I suppose you could use anchors instead, but more importantly it would require preg_quote() as well :) \$\endgroup\$

Jack
– Jack

2014-03-18 00:49:09 +00:00
Commented Mar 18, 2014 at 0:49

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