if statement wildcards

bit a a newbie here

[GerBot]

Hi Guys,
I have this:

$my_name = "someguy";

if ( $my_name == "someguy" ) {
echo "Your name is someguy!<br />";
}
echo "Welcome to my homepage!";

however I want the change this so that the script also matches when $my_name is also "someguy widget"or "widget someguy"
I want to allow for infinite possibilites so listing
"someguy widget" or "widget somguy" will not work

I tried reducing '==' to just '=' but I ended up matching absolutely everything.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>EDIT>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Sorry Guys just discovered the world of preg_match

if (preg_match('/someguy/', 'someguy widget'))
echo "Welcome to my homepage!";

[coopster]

Glad you got it, GerBot.

As for the equal sign versus double equal sign, that is the difference between assignment and equality. Message #4 in this recent discussion offers some insight ...

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