stristr

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

stristr — Case-insensitive strstr()

Description

stristr ( string $haystack , string $needle [, bool $before_needle = false ] ) : string|false

Returns all of haystack starting from and including the first occurrence of needle to the end.

Parameters

haystack: The string to search in
needle: Prior to PHP 8.0.0, if needle is not a string, it is converted to an integer and applied as the ordinal value of a character. This behavior is deprecated as of PHP 7.3.0, and relying on it is highly discouraged. Depending on the intended behavior, the needle should either be explicitly cast to string, or an explicit call to chr() should be performed.
before_needle: If true, stristr() returns the part of the haystack before the first occurrence of the needle (excluding needle).

needle and haystack are examined in a case-insensitive manner.

Return Values

Returns the matched substring. If needle is not found, returns false.

Changelog

Version	Description
8.0.0	Passing an int as `needle` is no longer supported.
7.3.0	Passing an int as `needle` has been deprecated.

Examples

Example #1 stristr() example

<?php
  $email = '[email protected]';
  echo stristr($email, 'e'); // outputs [email protected]
  echo stristr($email, 'e', true); // As of PHP 5.3.0, outputs US
?>

Example #2 Testing if a string is found or not

<?php
  $string = 'Hello World!';
  if(stristr($string, 'earth') === FALSE) {
    echo '"earth" not found in string';
  }
// outputs: "earth" not found in string
?>

Example #3 Using a non "string" needle

<?php
  $string = 'APPLE';
  echo stristr($string, 97); // 97 = lowercase a
// outputs: APPLE
?>

Notes

Note: This function is binary-safe.