strpbrk

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

strpbrk — Search a string for any of a set of characters

Description

strpbrk(string $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'), PHP_EOL;

// this echoes "Simple text." because chars are case sensitive
echo strpbrk($text, 'S'), PHP_EOL;
?>

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