Question

How to find a word in a text file in PHP

Answer 1

$data = file_get_contents("d:\\test.txt");

if (stripos($data, "programming") !== false) // case-insensitive search  stripos()
    echo 'Found' . "
\n"; 
else    
    echo 'NOT Found' . "
\n";
            
/*
run: 

Found

*/

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Answer 2

$f = fopen("e:/datefile.txt", "r") or die("Error open file!");
$s = "";
$word = "Applications";
$found = 0;

while(!feof($f)) {
    $s = fgets($f);
    if (strpos($s, $word) !== false) {
        $found = 1;
        break;
    }
}

fclose($f);

echo "The word: " . $word;
if ($found == 1)
    echo " exist";
else
    echo " NOT exist";
echo " in text file: datefile.txt"
     
  
 
/*
run
 
The word: Applications exist in text file: datefile.txt
 
*/

 

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