PHP/stristr

A PHP function to compare strings case-insensitive. Also see strstr.

stristr --  Case-insensitive strstr()

Description

string stristr ( string haystack, string needle )

Returns all of haystack from the first occurrence of needle to the end. needle and haystack are examined in a case-insensitive manner.

If needle is not found, returns FALSE.

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

• http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.stristr.php

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


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
?> 

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