find character in string php code example

Example 1: if part of stringp ph

$a = 'How are you?';

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

Example 2: strpos in php

<?php
$mystring = 'abc';
$findme   = 'a';
$pos = strpos($mystring, $findme);

// Note our use of ===.  Simply == would not work as expected
// because the position of 'a' was the 0th (first) character.
if ($pos === false) {
    echo "The string '$findme' was not found in the string '$mystring'";
} else {
    echo "The string '$findme' was found in the string '$mystring'";
    echo " and exists at position $pos";
}
?>

Example 3: php find if substring is in string

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

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

Example 4: get number of chars ina string php

$name = "Perú"; // With accent mark
echo strlen($name); // Display 5, because "ú" require 2 bytes.

$name = "Peru"; // Without accent mark
echo strlen($name); // Display 4

Example 5: php find string in string

$pos = strpos("find the position of X in here", "X");

Example 6: strpos

strpos ( string $haystack , mixed $needle [, int $offset = 0 ] ) : int