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PHP Practice 6

The document contains PHP code snippets demonstrating various string manipulation functions such as strlen(), strstr(), strpos(), substr(), and str_replace(). It also illustrates how to format dates, trim strings, replace substrings, convert new lines to breaks, and wrap long words. Overall, it serves as a practical guide for handling strings in PHP programming.

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PHP Practice 6

The document contains PHP code snippets demonstrating various string manipulation functions such as strlen(), strstr(), strpos(), substr(), and str_replace(). It also illustrates how to format dates, trim strings, replace substrings, convert new lines to breaks, and wrap long words. Overall, it serves as a practical guide for handling strings in PHP programming.

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/*strlen() requires a string and returns an integer representing the number of characters in the

variable you have passed it.*/

<?php

error_reporting(0);

if (strlen($membership) == 4) {

echo "<p>Thank you!</p>";

} else {

echo "<p>Your membership number must have 4 digits</p>";

/*requires two arguments: a source string and the substring you

want to find within it. The function returns false if the substring is absent.*/

$membership = "pAB7";

if (strstr($membership, "MN")) {

echo "<p>Thank you. Don't forget that your membership expires soon!</p>";

} else {

echo "<p>Thank you!</p>";

/*This function tells you both whether a string exists within a larger string

and where it is to be found.*/

$membership = "mz00xyz"; //change position and check

if (strpos($membership, "mz") === 0) {


echo "hello mz";

//returns a portion of a string based on the start index and length of the portion you are looking
for.demands two arguments:a source string and the starting index

$test = "scallywag";

echo substr($test,6)."<br>";

echo substr($test,6,2)."<br>";

//example 2:

$test = "amazon.co.in";

if ($test = substr($test, -3) == ".in") { //what does negative indicate

echo "<p>Shop at Amazon India!</p>";

} else {

echo "<p>Welcome to our shop!</p>";

//Shows the use of sprintf

$store = sprintf("%.3f", 2.334454);

echo "You have $store value to use later";

//string replace

<?php

echo str_replace("Universe", "World", "Hello Universe of Universe!"),"<br>";

echo str_replace("Java", "PHP", "Hello Class of Java!"),"<br>";

//reverse of a string

echo strrev("Hello world!"),"<br>";


//Counting words in a string

echo str_word_count("Hello world!"),"<br>";

$str="I Have a Story TO TELL";

$str=strtolower($str);

echo $str."<br>";

$str="I Have a Story TO TELL";

$str=strtoupper($str);

echo $str."<br>";

//Argument swapping

<?php

$dates = array(

array('mon'=> 12, 'mday'=>25, 'year'=>2002),

array('mon'=> 5, 'mday'=>23, 'year'=>2003),

array('mon'=> 10, 'mday'=>29, 'year'=>2002)

);

$format = include("local_format.php");

foreach($dates as $date) {

printf("$format", $date['mon'], $date['mday'], $date['year']);

//file local_format.php

return "%02d/%02d/%d<br>";

//return "%2\$02d/%1\$02d/%3\$d<br>";(remove comment lines and execute)

<?php
$text = "\t\tToday is the quiz event";

echo "<pre>$text</pre>";

$text = trim($text);

echo "<pre>$text</pre>";

//trimming only right part

$text = "\t\tlots of room to breathe ";

echo "<pre>$text</pre>";

// prints " lots of room to breathe ";

$text = rtrim($text);

echo $text;

//trimming only left part

$text = "\t\tlots of room to breathe ";

echo "<pre>$text</pre>";

// prints " lots of room to breathe ";

$text = ltrim($text);

echo "<pre>$text</pre>";

/*substring replacement example.The function requires three

arguments: the string you are transforming, the text you want to add to it, and

the starting index. It also accepts an optional length argument.*/

$membership = "mz02xyz";

$membership = substr_replace($membership, "03", 2, 2);


echo "New membership number: $membership";

//converting new line to breaks

$string = "one line\n";

$string .= "another line\n";

$string .= "a third line to test\n";

echo nl2br($string);

/*wordwrap() function wraps a string into new lines when it reaches a specific length,syntax:
wordwrap(string,width,break,cut)*/

/*parameter string is mandatory,others are optional,default width is 75,default break is "\


n",specifies whether words longer than the specified

width should be wrapped*/

$str="An example of a long word

is: Supercalifragulistic";

echo wordwrap($str,15,"<br>\n");

?>

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