strchr

Definition and usage

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

This function is an alias for the strstr() function.

Note: This function is binary safe.

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

Example

Example 1

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

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

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Example 2

Search the string by the ASCII value of "o" and return the rest of the string:

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

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Example 3

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

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

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grammar

 strchr ( string , search , before_search ) ;