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

Example

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

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

Definition and usage

## The #stristr() function searches for the first occurrence of a string within another string.

Note: This function is binary safe.

Note: This function is not case sensitive. For case-sensitive searches, use the strstr() function.

Syntax

stristr(string,search,before_search)

ParametersDescriptionstring Required. Specifies the string to be searched for. searchRequired. Specifies the string to be searched for. If the argument is a number, searches for characters that match the ASCII value for that number. before_searchOptional. A Boolean value with a default value of "false". If set to "true", it will return the portion of the string preceding the first occurrence of the search parameter. Technical details

Return value: Returns the remainder of the string (from the match point). Returns FALSE if the searched string is not found. PHP Version: 4+Change Log: In PHP 5.3, new Added before_search parameter.

更多实例

实例 1

通过 "o" 的 ASCII 值搜索字符串，并返回字符串的剩余部分：

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

实例 2

返回 "world" 第一次出现之前的字符串部分：

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

	In PHP 4.3, this function becomes binary safe.

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