mb_stristr
(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)
mb_stristr — Finds first occurrence of a string within another, case insensitive
Description
string mb_stristr
( string $haystack
, string $needle
[, bool $before_needle
= FALSE
[, string $encoding
= mb_internal_encoding()
]] )
Parameters
-
haystack
-
The string from which to get the first occurrence
of needle
-
needle
-
The string to find in haystack
-
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).
-
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() - Case-insensitive strstr
- strstr() - Find the first occurrence of a string
- mb_strstr() - Finds first occurrence of a string within another