try preg_grep()
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-grep.php
example:
<?
$word = array('alpha', 'beta', 'php');
// match anything beginning with upper or lower case p
$matches_array = preg_grep('/^(p|P).*/', $word);
print_r($matches_array);
?>
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From: "andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:36 AM
Subject: [PHP] searching an array for words starting with 'p'
> Hi there,
>
> I am wondering how to search an array for words starting with a certain
> character.
>
> E.G:
>
> $word = array('alpha', 'beta', 'php');
>
> I would like to check if there is a word in the array starting with p
>
> Is there alrready a function for this?
>
> Thanx, Andy
>
>
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