does substr_count work?

heres the deal, I'm using a bit of code:

$x = substr_count($word, $guess);

Imagine the game hangman, you want to know if the letter you guessed is in the hidden word.

Using echos I can prove that, for example $word = akira
and $guess = a
and $x = 0

Naturally I'm not pleased, I tried switching the variable order, which is wrong and it does exactly the same. I'm open to suggestions as to why it might not be working and fixes, at present I'm hoping to avoid writing a loop to go through each character checking the whole word and figuring out what to do at the end but thats mostly because I am lazy.

Alan Bundock

gamer extrordinaire. But that don't mean I'm good

This code:


works as expected for me. It echos out the number 2. Can you show some example code that doesn't work?

Okay I was using substr_count in an if statement, i.e. if it returned a count greater than zero. By creating a variable first, performing the operation and then using the new variable in the if statement it seems to be working. Why this should make a difference I'm not sure.

Once again thanks for your contributions.

Alan Bundock