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stristr

Case-insensitive strstr (PHP 4, PHP 5)
string stristr ( string haystack, string needle, bool before_needle )

Returns all of haystack from the first occurrence of needle to the end.

Parameters

haystack
needle

If needle is not a string, it is converted to an integer and applied as the ordinal value of a character.

before_needle

If TRUE (the default is FALSE), stristr() returns the part of the haystack before the first occurence of the needle.

needle and haystack are examined in a case-insensitive manner.

Return Values

Returns the matched substring. If needle is not found, returns FALSE.

ChangeLog

VersionDescription
6.0.0 Added the before_needle parameter.
4.3.0 stristr() was made binary safe.

Examples

Example 2456. stristr() example

<?php
 $email
= 'USER@EXAMPLE.com';
 echo
stristr($email, 'e'); // outputs ER@EXAMPLE.com
 
echo stristr($email, 'e', true); // outputs US
?>


Example 2457. Testing if a string is found or not

<?php
 $string
= 'Hello World!';
 if(
stristr($string, 'earth') === FALSE) {
   echo
'"earth" not found in string';
 }
// outputs: "earth" not found in string
?>


Example 2458. Using a non "string" needle

<?php
 $string
= 'APPLE';
 echo
stristr($string, 97); // 97 = lowercase a
// outputs: APPLE
?>


Notes

Note:

This function is binary-safe.