09-26-2001
How to extract a portion of a string from the whole string
How to extract a portion of a string from a full string using unix.
For example:
Say source string is = "req92374923.log"
I want only the numeric portion of the string say "92374923" how to do that in Unix.
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mb_strstr
MB_STRSTR(3) 1 MB_STRSTR(3)
mb_strstr - Finds first occurrence of a string within another
SYNOPSIS
string mb_strstr (string $haystack, string $needle, [bool $before_needle = false], [string $encoding = mb_internal_encoding()])
DESCRIPTION
mb_strstr(3) finds the first occurrence of $needle in $haystack and returns the portion of $haystack. If $needle is not found, it returns
FALSE.
PARAMETERS
o $haystack
- The string from which to get the first occurrence of $needle
o $needle
- The string to find in $haystack
o $before_needle
- Determines which portion of $haystack this function returns. If set to TRUE, it returns all of $haystack from the beginning to
the first occurrence of $needle (excluding needle). If set to FALSE, it returns all of $haystack from the first occurrence of
$needle to the end (including needle).
o $encoding
- Character encoding name to use. If it is omitted, internal character encoding is used.
RETURN VALUES
Returns the portion of $haystack, or FALSE if $needle is not found.
SEE ALSO
stristr(3), strstr(3), mb_stristr(3).
PHP Documentation Group MB_STRSTR(3)