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stristr - Case-insensitivestrstr(3)

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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

PARAMETERS

	      o $haystack
		- The string to search in

	      o $needle
		- If $needle is not a string, it is converted to an integer and applied as the ordinal value of a character.

	      o $before_needle
		- If TRUE, stristr(3) 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			|
       |	|						|
       +--------+-----------------------------------------------+
       | 5.3.0	|						|
       |	|						|
       |	|  Added the optional parameter $before_needle. |
       |	|						|
       | 4.3.0	|						|
       |	|						|
       |	|	stristr(3) was made binary safe.	|
       |	|						|
       +--------+-----------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      stristr(3) example

	      <?php
		$email = 'USER@EXAMPLE.com';
		echo stristr($email, 'e'); // outputs ER@EXAMPLE.com
		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.

SEE ALSO

       strstr(3), strrchr(3), stripos(3), strpbrk(3), preg_match(3).

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