Wildcard in an if statement

Question

is it possible to use wildcard in an if statement? My code:

*=wildcard
if ($order_info=='Quatro*') {

}

$order_info will be "Quatro - na splátky", or "Quatro - čťžýáí"

Answer 1

Use regex:

if (preg_match('/^Quatro/', $order_info)) {

}

or strpos:

if (strpos($order_info, 'Quatro') === 0) {

}

Edit: Avoiding regex engine invocation for simple string matches like this is usually preferred. strpos will do the same job less expensively.

Answer 2

Sure, use a regex:

if( preg_match( '/^Quatro.*/', $order_info))
{
}