stripos

Name:stripos

Category:String

Programming Language:php

One-line Description:Returns where the string first appears in another string (case insensitive).

Definition and usage

stripos() function finds where the string first appears in another string (case insensitive).

Note: The stripos() function is case-insensitive.

Note: This function is binary safe.

strpos() - Find where the string first appears in another string (case sensitive)
strripos() - Find the last occurrence of a string in another string (case insensitive)
strrpos() - Find the last occurrence of a string in another string (case sensitive)

Find the first occurrence of "php" in the string:

 <?php
echo stripos ( "You love php, I love php too!" , "PHP" ) ;
?>

Try it yourself

 stripos ( string , find , start )

parameter	describe
string	Required. Specifies the string to search.
Find	Required. Specifies the characters to be searched.
start	Optional. Specify the location to start the search.