PHP | strpos() 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 strpos() Function.

The built-in PHP strpos() function is used to find the position of the first occurrence of a string inside another string.

Note: This PHP function is binary-safe and case-sensitive.

syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

strpos(string,find,start)

READ: PHP | strpbrk() Function

Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameters & Description
1	string It specifies string to search
2	find It specifies string to find
3	start It specifies specifies where to begin the search

Return Value

This function returns the position of the first occurrence of a string inside another string, else FALSE if the string is not found.

Example

Try out the example below -

<?php
   echo strpos("Web design tutorialz best e-learning platform !","e-learning");
?>

Output

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

26

READ: PHP | strncmp() 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 strrchr() Function.

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