PHP : strstr() function
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Description
The strstr() function is used to get the first occurrence of a string inside another string.
This function is case sensitive.
Version
(PHP 4 and above)
Syntax
strstr(string_name, search_string, before_search)
Parameters
| Name | Description | Required / Optional |
Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| string_name | The input string. | Required | String |
| search_string | The string to search for. | Required | Mixed* |
| before_search | Returns the part of the string_name before the first occurrence of the search_string when true. | Optional | Boolean |
*Mixed : Mixed indicates that a parameter may accept multiple (but not necessarily all) types.
Return value
The portion of string, or false if search_string is not found.
Value Type : String.
Pictorial Presentation
Example :
<?php $string1="W3RESOURCE.COM"; $newstring=strstr($string1,"."); echo $newstring; ?>
Output
.COM
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