strpbrk
(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
strpbrk — Search a string for any of a set of characters
Description
$string
, string $characters
): string|false
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() - Find the position of the first occurrence of a substring in a string
- strstr() - Find the first occurrence of a string
- preg_match() - Perform a regular expression match