PHP: mb_strstr - Manual (original) (raw)

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

mb_strstr — Finds first occurrence of a string within another

Description

Parameters

haystack

The string from which to get the first occurrence of needle

needle

The string to find in haystack

before_needle

Determines which portion of haystack this function returns. If set to [true](reserved.constants.php#constant.true), it returns all of haystack from the beginning to the first occurrence of needle (excluding needle). If set to [false](reserved.constants.php#constant.false), it returns all of haystack from the first occurrence of needle to the end (including needle).

encoding

The encodingparameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted or [null](reserved.constants.php#constant.null), the internal character encoding value will be used.

Return Values

Returns the portion of haystack, or [false](reserved.constants.php#constant.false) if needle is not found.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 needle now accepts an empty string.
8.0.0 encoding is nullable now.

See Also