preg_match find only this special character "|" in string

Question

Hi i want to find if string content this "|" this character.

example:-

$string = '$18,000 | new price'; 

if (preg_match('/[^|]/', $string)) {

}
else {

}

awesome thanks i think this will solve issue. – Somendra Kumar Meena Jun 03 '15 at 06:49 — Somendra Kumar Meena, Jun 03 '15 at 06:49
You are welcome. I also have posted the code with `strpos`. – Umair Khan Jun 03 '15 at 06:50 — Umair Khan, Jun 03 '15 at 06:50

Sougata Bose · Answer 1 · 2015-06-03T06:54:08.763

2

The pattern is wrong. No need of ^ in this case. Should be -

preg_match('/[|]/', $string);

You can use storpos -

$string = '$18,000 | new price';
if(strpos($string, '|')) { ... }

edited Jun 03 '15 at 06:54

answered Jun 03 '15 at 06:48

Sougata Bose

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 03 '15 at 06:49

1

This should do the work.

$string = '$18,000 | new price'; 

if (strpos($string , '|') === false) {
     // Not found.
}
else {
    // Found.
}

answered Jun 03 '15 at 06:49

Umair Khan

2 Answers2