str-contains.xml

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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.str-contains">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>str_contains</refname>
  <refpurpose>Determine if a string contains a given substring</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>str_contains</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>haystack</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>needle</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Performs a case-sensitive check indicating if <parameter>needle</parameter> is contained
   in <parameter>haystack</parameter>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>haystack</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The string to search in.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>needle</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The substring to search for in the <parameter>haystack</parameter>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns &true; if <parameter>needle</parameter> is in
   <parameter>haystack</parameter>, &false; otherwise.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Using the empty string <literal>''</literal></title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
if (str_contains('abc', '')) {
    echo "Checking the existence of the empty string will always return true";
}
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen role="php">
<![CDATA[
Checking the existence of the empty string will always return true
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>

   <example>
    <title>Showing case-sensitivity</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$string = 'The lazy fox jumped over the fence';

if (str_contains($string, 'lazy')) {
    echo "The string 'lazy' was found in the string\n";
}

if (str_contains($string, 'Lazy')) {
    echo 'The string "Lazy" was found in the string';
} else {
    echo '"Lazy" was not found because the case does not match';
}

?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen role="php">
<![CDATA[
The string 'lazy' was found in the string
"Lazy" was not found because the case does not match
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="notes">
  &reftitle.notes;
  &note.bin-safe;
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>str_ends_with</function></member>
    <member><function>str_starts_with</function></member>
    <member><function>stripos</function></member>
    <member><function>strrpos</function></member>
    <member><function>strripos</function></member>
    <member><function>strstr</function></member>
    <member><function>strpbrk</function></member>
    <member><function>substr</function></member>
    <member><function>preg_match</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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