substr_count
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
substr_count — Count the number of substring occurrences
Description
$haystack
, string $needle
[, int $offset
= 0
[, int $length
]] ) : int
substr_count() returns the number of times the
needle
substring occurs in the
haystack
string. Please note that
needle
is case sensitive.
Note:
This function doesn't count overlapped substrings. See the example below!
Parameters
-
haystack
-
The string to search in
-
needle
-
The substring to search for
-
offset
-
The offset where to start counting. If the offset is negative, counting starts from the end of the string.
-
length
-
The maximum length after the specified offset to search for the substring. It outputs a warning if the offset plus the length is greater than the
haystack
length. A negative length counts from the end ofhaystack
.
Changelog
Version | Description |
---|---|
7.1.0 |
Support for negative offset s and length s has been added.
length may also be 0 now.
|
5.1.0 |
Added the offset and
the length parameters
|
Examples
Example #1 A substr_count() example
<?php
$text = 'This is a test';
echo strlen($text); // 14
echo substr_count($text, 'is'); // 2
// the string is reduced to 's is a test', so it prints 1
echo substr_count($text, 'is', 3);
// the text is reduced to 's i', so it prints 0
echo substr_count($text, 'is', 3, 3);
// generates a warning because 5+10 > 14
echo substr_count($text, 'is', 5, 10);
// prints only 1, because it doesn't count overlapped substrings
$text2 = 'gcdgcdgcd';
echo substr_count($text2, 'gcdgcd');
?>
See Also
- count_chars() - Return information about characters used in a string
- strpos() - Find the position of the first occurrence of a substring in a string
- substr() - Return part of a string
- strstr() - Find the first occurrence of a string
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