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substr_count()

substr_count - Count the number of substring occurrences

Syntax

int substr_count (string $haystack, string $needle, int $offset, int $length)

Arguments

  • haystack - The string to search in
  • needle - The substring to search for
  • offset - The offset where to start counting
  • 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.

Description

substr_count() returns the number of times the needle substring occurs in the haystack string. Please note that needle is case sensitive.

Version

PHP 4, 5

Return value

This functions returns an integer.