strchr() function in PHP

The strchr() function is used to search for the first occurrence of a string inside another.

Note − This function is case-sensitive.

Syntax

strchr(str, search, before_search)

Parameters

• str − The string to search

• search − The string to search for

• before_search − If TRUE, the function returns the part of the str before the first occurrence of the $search

Return

The strchr() function returns the rest of the string from the matching point. FALSE, if the string to search for is not found.

Example

The following is an example −

<?php
   echo strchr("Demo text!","text");
?>

Output

text!

Example

The following is an example −

<?php
   $str= "This is demo text!";
   $findStr = "demo" ;
   echo strchr($str, $findStr, true);
?>

Output

This is