strpbrk
(PHP 5)
strpbrk — Search a string for any of a set of characters
Description
string strpbrk
( string
$haystack
, string $char_list
)
strpbrk() searches the haystack
string for a char_list.
Parameters
-
haystack -
The string where
char_listis looked for. -
char_list -
This parameter is case sensitive.
Return Values
Returns a string starting from the character found, or FALSE if it is
not found.
Examples
Example #1 strpbrk() example
<?php
$text = 'This is a Simple text.';
// this echoes "is is a Simple text." because 'i' is matched first
echo strpbrk($text, 'mi');
// this echoes "Simple text." because chars are case sensitive
echo strpbrk($text, 'S');
?>
See Also
- strpos() - Find the position of the first occurrence of a substring in a string
- strstr() - Find the first occurrence of a string
- preg_match() - Perform a regular expression match