The stristr() function searches for the first occurrence of a string inside another string.
string stristr ( string $haystack , mixed $needle [, bool $before_needle = FALSE ] )
Returns all of haystack starting from and including the first occurrence of needle to the end.
Parameter | Description |
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haystack | The string to search in |
needle | If needle is not a string, it is converted to an integer and applied as the ordinal value of a character. |
before_needle | If TRUE, stristr() returns the part of the haystack before the first occurrence of the needle (excluding needle). |
Returns the matched substring. If needle is not found, returns FALSE.