PHP: strchr() function
PHP: Find the first occurrence of a string
The strchr() function is used to get the first occurrence of a string inside another string. The function is an alias of strstr().
Version:
(PHP 4 and above)
Syntax:
strchr(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 | If TRUE, strstr() returns the part of the string_name before the first occurrence of the before_search. | Optional | Boolean |
*Mixed: Mixed indicates that a parameter may accept multiple (but not necessarily all) types.
Return value:
Returns the portion of string, or FALSE if is not found
Value Type: string
Pictorial Presentation
Example:
<?php
$string1="W3RESOURCE.COM";
$newstring=strchr($string1,".");
echo $newstring;
?>
Output:
.COM
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See also
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