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PHP String Function

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PHP String Function

PHP strtolower() function:


The strtolower() function returns string in lowercase letter.

Example:
<?php
$str="My name is CSE";
$str=strtolower($str);
echo $str;
?>
Output:
my name is cse

PHP strtoupper() function:


The strtoupper() function returns string in uppercase letter.

Example:
<?php
$str="My name is php";
$str=strtoupper($str);
echo $str;
?>
Output:
MY NAME IS PHP

PHP ucfirst() function:


The ucfirst() function returns string converting first character into uppercase. It doesn't change
the case of other characters.

Example:
<?php
$str="my name is PHP";
$str=ucfirst($str);
echo $str;
?>
Output:
My name is PHP

PHP lcfirst() function:


The lcfirst() function returns string converting first character into lowercase. It doesn't change
the case of other characters.

Example:
<?php
$str="MY name IS PHP";
$str=lcfirst($str);
echo $str;
?>
Output:
mY name IS PHP

PHP ucwords() function:


The ucwords() function returns string converting first character of each word into uppercase.

Example:
<?php
$str="my name is cse third year";
$str=ucwords($str);
echo $str;
?>
Output:
My Name Is Cse Third Year

PHP strrev() function:


The strrev() function returns reversed string.

Example:
<?php
$str="my name is cse third year";
$str=strrev($str);
echo $str;
?>
Output:
raey driht esc si eman ym

PHP strlen() function:


The strlen() function returns length of the string.

Example:
<?php
$str="my name is cse third year";
$str=strlen($str);
echo $str;
?>
Output:
25

PHP chop() Function:


The chop() function is used to remove whitespace or other predefined character from the right
end of a string.
Example:
<?php
$str = "Hello World!";
echo "Your string is :".$str."<br>";
echo "By using 'chop()' Functions is your string is: ".chop($str,"World!");
?>

Output:
Your string is :Hello World!
By using 'chop()' Functions is your string is: Hello

PHP chunk_split() Function:


PHP chunk_split() function is used to splits a string into smaller parts or chunks. The function
does not alter the original string.

Example:
<?php
$str = "Hello CSE3rdYear!";
echo "Your string is:".$str;
echo "</br>";
echo "By using 'chunk_split()' function your string is:".chunk_split($str,6,"...");
?>

Output:
Your string is:Hello CSE3rdYear!
By using 'chunk_split()' function your string is:Hello ...CSE3rd...Year!...

PHP count_chars()function:
PHP count_chars() is most important string function. It is used to return information about
characters in a string.
Note:
3 : a string containing all unique characters is returned.
4 : a string containing all not used characters is returned.

Example-1
<?php
$str = "cse branch!";
echo "Your given string: ".$str;
echo "<br>"."By using 'count_chars()' function your string is :".count_chars($str,3);
?>

Output:
Your given string: cse branch!
By using 'count_chars()' function your string is : !abcehnrs
Example-2
<?php
$str = "cse branch!";
echo "Your given string: ".$str;
echo "<br>"."By using 'count_chars()' function your string is :".count_chars($str,4);
?>

Output:
Your given string: cse branch!
By using 'count_chars()' function your string is :
-"#$%&'()*+,-
./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`dfgijklmopqtuvwxyz{
|}~����

PHP string strcasecmp() function:


It is used to compare two given string. It is binary safe and case-insensitive.

It returns:
o If the two strings are equal: [ 0 ]
o If string1 is less than string2: [< 0]
o If string1 is greater than string2: > 0

Example:
<?php
$str1 = "helloCSE";
$str2 = "HELLOcse";
echo "Your first string is:".$str1;
echo "<br>";
echo "Your second string is:".$str2;
echo "<br>";
echo strcasecmp("$str1","$str2");
?>

Output:
Your first string is:helloCSE
Your second string is:HELLOcse
0

PHP string strchr() Function:


It is the alias of strstr() function or can used to search for the first occurrence of a given
string.

Example:
<?php
$str1="Hello CSE";
$str2="CSE";
echo strchr($str1,$str2);
?>

Output:
CSE

Example:
<?php
$str1="Hello CSE";
$str2="CSE";
echo strchr($str1,"e");
?>

Output:
ello CSE

PHP string strcmp() Function:


strcmp() is a string comparison function in PHP. It is a built-in function of PHP, which is case
sensitive, means it treats capital and the small case separately. It is used to compare two
strings from each other.
It returns:
Return 0 - It returns 0 if both strings are equal, i.e., $str1 = $str2
Return < 0 - It returns negative value if string1 is less than string2, i.e., $str1 < $str2
Return >0 - It returns positive value if string1 is greater than string 2, i.e., $str1 > $str2

Example:
<?php
echo strcmp("Hello ", "HELLO"). " because the first string is greater than the second
string.";
echo "</br>";
echo strcmp("Hello cse", "Hello cse Hello"). " because the first string is less than the
second string.";
?>

Output:
8192 because the first string is greater than the second string.
-6 because the first string is less than the second string.

Note:

String1 String2 Output Explanation

Hello Hello 0 Both strings are same and equal.


Hello hello -1 String1 < String2 because ASCII value of H is 72 and h is
104 so that H < h. It treats the small and capital letters
differently.

hello Hello 1 String1 > String2 because ASCII value of H is 72 and h is


104 so that H < h.

Hello Hello 4 String1 > String2 because of String1 greater than String2
PHP by 6 characters including whitespace.

hello Hello 1 String1 > String2 because ASCII value of H is 72 and h is


PHP 104 so that H < h.

Hello Hello -4 String1 < String2 because String1 is lesser than String2 by
PHP 4 characters including whitespace.

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