alternative to strpos

[Don Chambers]

I want to know of a var begins with "blah". What I tried to use was:

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{if $var|strpos:'blah'===0}

Produces this error:

modifier 'strpos' not allowed by security setting <-- thrown in /home/content/html/bundled-libs/Smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php on line 17

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Only certain PHP functions are allowed in the core (see include/serendipity_smarty_class.inc.php, $php_modifiers).

The best way is in your config.inc.php file to register your own substring filter:

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function is_in_string($string, $search) {
  if (strpos($string, $search) === 0) {
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}
$serendipity['smarty']->registerPlugin('modifier', 'is_in_string', 'is_in_string');

And then use

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{if $var|is_in_string:'blah'}

HTH,
Garvin

[Don Chambers]

Awesome - will give that a try and report back.

[Don Chambers]

And then use

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{if $var|is_in_string:'blah'}

Does that support multiple values? like 'blah','food','drink' ?

[garvinhicking]

No. One of those could:

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function is_in_string($string, $search) {
  foreach($search AS $idx => $searchval) {
  if (strpos($string, $searchval) === 0) {
    return true;
  }
  }
  return false;
}

Smarty usage: {$var|is_in_string:array('one','two','three')}

If that doesn'T work:

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function is_in_string($string, $search) {
  $array = explode(',', $search);
  foreach($array AS $idx => $searchval) {
  if (strpos($string, $search) === 0) {
    return true;
  }
  }
  return false;
}

Smarty usage: {$var|is_in_string:'one,two,three'}

HTTH,
Garvin

[Don Chambers]

Thanks again Garvin. I'm trying to determine if an entry property contains an embedded video, in case you were wondering.

First suggestion error: "PHP function 'array' not allowed by security setting"

Second suggestion:

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{if $var|is_in_string:'<object,<embed,<iframe'}. 

Doesn't return an error, but also does not evaluate as true.

In my very first attempt, prior to asking if it would support multiple values, I used this which worked:

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{if $var|is_in_string:'<object' || $var|is_in_string:'<embed || $var|is_in_string:'<iframe'}

Just seemed to be doing something three times that should be able to be done just once.

[Don Chambers]

I found the problem. here is the corrected version:

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function is_in_string($string, $search) {
  $array = explode(',', $search);
  foreach($array AS $idx => $searchval) {
  if (strpos($string, $searchval) === 0) {
    return true;
  }
  }
  return false;
}

in strpos(), $search needed to be $searchval.

[garvinhicking]

Ah! Sorry. Basic copy&paste mistake!

[Don Chambers]

No reason to be sorry. Could not have done it without your initial input!