stristr

Definition and usage

stristr() function searches for the first occurrence of a string in another string.

Note: This function is binary safe.

Note: This function is case-insensitive. For case-sensitive searches, use strstr() function.

Example

Example 1

Find the first occurrence of "world" in "Hello world!" and return the remainder of the string:

 <?php
echo strstr ( "Hello world!" , "WORLD" ) ;
?>

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Example 2

Search the string with the ASCII value of "o" and return the remainder of the string:

 <?php
echo strstr ( "Hello world!" , 111 ) ;
?>

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Example 2

Returns the string part before the first occurrence of "world":

 <?php
echo strstr ( "Hello world!" , "WORLD" , true ) ;
?>

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