String Contains

The strContains utility can be used to find a string of characters within another string of characters.

Our example uses the utility to check if fire exists in firestorm, and then prints the result with an {if} statement.

• Used in:   Message Automations   Data Automations
• Syntax: {$utils->strContains($lookup_str*, $string*, $caseSensitive)}

{$contains.lookup_str = 'Fire'}
{$contains.string = 'firestorm'}
{$contains.caseSensitive = true}

{if $utils->strContains($contains.lookup_str, $contains.string, $contains.caseSensitive)}
  {$contains.found = true}
{else}
  {$contains.found = false}
{/if}

{$utils->jsonPrettyPrint($contains)}

{
  "lookup_str": "Fire",
  "caseSensitive": true,
  "found": false
}

You can use this utility to check whether a contact's attribute contains a certain string. This is useful if you have data that is non-normalized.

For example, if you have a contact attribute of "company name" with non-normalized values such as: Prudential Reality, Prudential Inc, prudential, Prudential.com, you can use the string contains utility to find if company name contains the word "Prudential" and then render content in a message based on the result.

{$prudential = $utils->strContains('prudential',{$contact.companyname}, false)}
{if $prudential}Prudential content{/if}

In the next article learn how to update contact attributes or list values.