PHP | strnatcmp() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP strnatcmp() Function.

The built-in strnatcmp() function compares two strings using a natural order algorithm.

syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

int strnatcmp ( string $str1 , string $str2 )

READ: PHP | strnatcasecmp() Function

Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameters & Description
1	string1 It specifies first string to search
2	string2 It specifies second string to search

Return Value

This PHP function returns less < 0 if string1 is less than string2, > 0 if string1 is greater than string2, and 0 if they are equal.

Example

Try out the example below -

<?php
   echo strnatcmp("2kennedy", "2nkpara");
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

-1

READ: PHP | strlen() Function

Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial, we will be studying about the PHP strncasecmp() Function.

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