str_starts_with
(PHP 8)
str_starts_with — Checks if a string starts with a given substring
Description
str_starts_with ( string $haystack , string $needle ) : bool
Performs a case-sensitive check indicating if haystack begins with needle.
Parameters
-
haystack -
The string to search in.
-
needle -
The substring to search for in the
haystack.
Return Values
Returns true if haystack begins with needle, false otherwise.
Examples
Example #1 Using the empty string ''
<?php
if (str_starts_with('abc', '')) {
echo "All strings start with the empty string";
}
?> The above example will output:
All strings start with the empty string
Example #2 Showing case-sensitivity
<?php
$string = 'The lazy fox jumped over the fence';
if (str_starts_with($string, 'The')) {
echo "The string starts with 'The'\n";
}
if (str_starts_with($string, 'the')) {
echo 'The string starts with "the"';
} else {
echo '"the" was not found because the case does not match';
}
?> The above example will output:
The string starts with 'The' "the" was not found because the case does not match
Notes
Note: This function is binary-safe.
See Also
- str_contains() - Determine if a string contains a given substring
- str_ends_with() - Checks if a string ends with a given substring
- stripos() - Find the position of the first occurrence of a case-insensitive substring in a string
- strrpos() - Find the position of the last occurrence of a substring in a string
- strripos() - Find the position of the last occurrence of a case-insensitive substring in a string
- strstr() - Find the first occurrence of a string
- strpbrk() - Search a string for any of a set of characters
- substr() - Return part of a string
- preg_match() - Perform a regular expression match
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