php detect is substring exists code example

Example 1: how to check if a string contains a substring in php

$a = 'How are you?';

if (strpos($a, 'are') !== false) {
    echo 'true';
}

Example 2: php find if substring is in string

$result = strpos("haystack", "needle");

if ($result != false)
{
  // text found
}