strpbrk

Search a string for any of a set of characters

Description

stringfalse strpbrk(string $string, string $characters)

strpbrk searches the string string for a characters.

Parameters

string

The string where characters is looked for.

characters

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
  • strstr
  • preg_match