strcoll() function in PHP

The strcoll() function is used to compare two strings based on locale.

Note − This function is case-sensitive

Syntax

strcoll(str1, str2)

Parameters

• str1 − First string to compare

• str2 − Second string to compare

Return

The strcoll() function returns −

• 0 − if the two strings are equal

• < 0 − if string1 is less than string2

• > 0 − if string1 is greater than string2

Example

The following is an example −

<?php
   setlocale (LC_COLLATE, 'en_US'); 
   echo strcoll("Demo text!","Demo text!");
?>

Output

0

Example

The following is an example −

<?php
   $x = 'a'; $y = 'A';
   setlocale (LC_COLLATE, 'de_CH'); 
   print "de_CH: " . strcoll ($x, $y) . "\n";
?>

Output

de_CH: 32