PHP String Handling

PHP String

A string is a sequence of characters, like “Hello PHP!”.

<?php
$s = "Hello PHP!";
echo $s;
?>

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Hello PHP!


PHP String Functions

Get The Length of a String using strlen() Function

The PHP strlen() function returns the length of a string.

<?php
echo strlen("Hello PHP!");
?>

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Count The Number of Words in a String using word_count() Function

<?php
echo str_word_count("Hello PHP!");
?>

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Reverse a String using strrev() Function

The PHP strrev() function reverses a string:

<?php
echo strrev("Hello PHP!"); 
?>

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!PHP olleH


Search For a Specific Text Within a String using strpos() Function

The PHP strpos() function searches for a specific text within a string.

If a match is found, the function returns the character position of the first match. If no match is found, it will return FALSE.

<?php
echo strpos("Hello PHP!", "PHP");
?>

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Replace Text Within a String using str_replace() Function

The PHP str_replace() function replaces some characters with some other characters in a string.

<?php
echo str_replace("world","Peter","Hello world!");
?>

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Hello Arvin!


Converts String into Uppercase using strtoupper() Function

This String function converts all letters of String into Uppercase.

<?php
echo strtoupper("it should be in uppercase");
?>

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IT SHOULD BE IN UPPERCASE


Converts String into Lowercase using strtolower() function

This String function converts all letters of String into Uppercase.

<?php
echo strtolower("IT SHOULD BE IN LOWERCASE");
?>

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it should be in lowercase


Capitalize the first letter of each word using ucwords() Function

This function is used to capitalized the first letter of each word in String.

<?php
echo ucwords("it should be in uppercase");
?>

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It Should Be In Uppercase


Remove the Whitespace using trim() Function

This function is only removing the whitespace at the start and end of the String.

<?php
echo trim("  remove the whitesapce from start and end of the string  ");
?>

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remove the whitesapce from start and end of the string


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