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.