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PHP String Functions Overview

The document outlines various PHP string functions categorized into six sections: string length and case functions, searching in strings, modifying strings, comparing strings, splitting and joining strings, and special string functions. Each section includes a function name, its description, and an example of usage. This serves as a reference for developers to manipulate and handle strings effectively in PHP.

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PHP String Functions Overview

The document outlines various PHP string functions categorized into six sections: string length and case functions, searching in strings, modifying strings, comparing strings, splitting and joining strings, and special string functions. Each section includes a function name, its description, and an example of usage. This serves as a reference for developers to manipulate and handle strings effectively in PHP.

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PHP String Functions

1. String Length and Case Functions


Function Description Example

strlen() Returns the length of a string strlen("Hello") → 5

str_word_count() Counts number of words in a string str_word_count("Hello World") → 2

strtoupper() Converts string to uppercase strtoupper("hello") → HELLO

strtolower() Converts string to lowercase strtolower("HELLO") → hello

ucfirst() Capitalizes first letter ucfirst("hello") → Hello

lcfirst() Converts first letter to lowercase lcfirst("Hello") → hello

ucwords() Capitalizes first letter of each word ucwords("hello world") → Hello World

2. Searching in Strings
Function Description Example

strpos() Finds first position of substring strpos("Hello World", "World") → 6

strrpos() Finds last position of substring strrpos("Hello World World", "World") → 12

strstr() Finds first occurrence of string strstr("Hello World", "World") → World

strrchr() Finds last occurrence of string strrchr("Hello World", "o") → orld

substr() Returns part of a string substr("Hello World", 0, 5) → Hello

3. Modifying Strings
Function Description Example

str_replace() Replaces occurrences of a string str_replace("world", "PHP", "Hello world") → Hello PHP

substr_replace() Replaces part of a string substr_replace("Hello World", "PHP", 6) → Hello PHP

trim() Removes whitespace from both sides trim(" Hello ") → Hello

ltrim() Removes whitespace from left ltrim(" Hello ") → "Hello "

rtrim() Removes whitespace from right rtrim(" Hello ") → " Hello"

strrev() Reverses a string strrev("Hello") → olleH

addslashes() Adds backslashes before quotes addslashes("O'Reilly") → O\'Reilly

stripslashes() Removes backslashes stripslashes("O\'Reilly") → O'Reilly

4. Comparing Strings
Function Description Example

strcmp() Binary safe comparison (case-sensitive) strcmp("Hello", "hello") → -1


strcasecmp() Case-insensitive comparison strcasecmp("Hello", "hello") → 0

strncmp() Compares first n characters strncmp("Hello", "Helium", 3) → 0

strnatcmp() Natural order comparison strnatcmp("2", "10") → -1

similar_text() Calculates similarity percentage similar_text("Hello", "Helli") → 4

5. Splitting and Joining Strings


Function Description Example

explode() Splits string into array explode(" ", "Hello World") → [Hello, World]

implode()/join() Joins array into string implode(" ", ["Hello", "World"]) → Hello World

str_split() Splits string into characters str_split("Hello") → [H, e, l, l, o]

chunk_split() Splits into chunks chunk_split("HelloWorld", 2, "-") → He-ll-oW-or-ld-

6. Special String Functions


Function Description Example

number_format() Formats number with commas number_format(1000000) → 1,000,000

md5() Returns MD5 hash md5("hello")

sha1() Returns SHA1 hash sha1("hello")

htmlspecialchars() Converts chars to HTML entities htmlspecialchars("<a>") → &lt;a&gt;

nl2br("Hello
nl2br() Inserts <br> before newlines World") → Hello<br>World

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