check if string has symbol php

PHP
$myString = 'Hello Bob how are you?';
if (strpos($myString, 'Bob') !== false) {
    echo "My string contains Bob";
}$mystring = 'abc';
$findme   = 'a';
$pos = strpos($mystring, $findme);if (preg_match('/[A-Za-z]/', $myString) && preg_match('/[0-9]/', $myString))
{
    echo 'Contains at least one letter and one number';
}
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