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PHP Strings

PHP Strings

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String is a collection of characters.In this chapter, string functions and their usage to manipulate strings is discussed.

PHP String Functions

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Some of the PHP string functions will be discussed below:

String Length

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strlen() PHP function is used to find the string length.

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[php] <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <?php echo strlen("SP Lessons"); ?> </body> </html> [/php] Output:

Reverse the String

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strrev() PHP function is used to reverse the string. [php] <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <?php echo strrev("SP Lessons"); ?> </body> </html> [/php] Output:

Replace text within a string

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[php] <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <?php echo str_replace("Lessons", "Programming", "SP Lessons"); ?> </body> </html> [/php] Output: In the above program, Lessons is replaced with Programming in the string SP Lessons.

Text position in PHP strings

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strpos() PHP function is used to find the specific text within a string. If the function matches then the function returns the first character position of the text in the string. If the text didn't match then the function returns false. [php] <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <?php echo strpos("SP Lessons", "Lessons"); ?> </body> </html> [/php] Output:

Count the Number of words in a string

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str_word_count(); PHP function is used to count the number of words in a string. [php] <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <?php echo str_word_count("Welcome to the SP Lessons"); ?> </body> </html> [/php] Output:

Summary

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  • String is a collection of characters.
  • strrev() PHP function is used to reverse the PHP strings.
  • strpos() PHP function is used to find the specific text within a string.