str_starts_with and str_ends_with function are added in PHP 8 to check if a given string starts or ends with another string or not. If it starts and ends with another string, it returns true, otherwise false.
Example
str_starts_with('hello haystack', 'hello'); //starts string found 'True'
str_starts_with('hello haystack', 'stack'); //ends string found 'True'str_starts_with('hello haystack', 'hay'); //starts string found 'False'
str_starts_with('hello haystack', 'hay'); //ends string found 'False'str_starts_with() function in PHP 8
This function checks if a given string starts with the string needle. It returns true if the first string is found, otherwise false.
str_starts_with(string $haystack, string $needle): bool
Example : using str_starts_with() function.
<?php
if (str_starts_with('hellohaystack', "hello")) {
echo "string starts with hello";
}
?>Output
String starts with 'hello'
Note: If the given first start string is not found in the second string, it returns false.
str_ends_with() function in PHP 8
This function checks if a given string ends with the string needle. It returns true if the given string ends found, otherwise false.
str_ends_with(string $haystack, string $needle):bool
Example : using str_ends_with() function
<?php
if (str_ends_with('hellohaystack', "stack")) {
echo "string ends with stack";
}
?>Output
String ends with 'stack'