PHP Manual: strpbrk

Description

function strpbrk(string $string, string $characters): string|false

strpbrk() searches the string string for any of the characters in characters.

Parameters

string: The string where characters is looked for.
characters: This parameter is case sensitive.

Return Values

Returns a string starting from the character found, or false if it is not found.

Errors/Exceptions

Throws a ValueError if characters is empty.

Changelog

Version	Description
8.0.0	Now throws a ValueError if `characters` is empty. Previously, an `E_WARNING` was raised and `false` was returned.

Examples

Example #1 strpbrk() example

<?php

$text = 'This is a Simple text.';

// this echoes "is is a Simple text." because 'i' is matched first
echo strpbrk($text, 'mi'), PHP_EOL;

// this echoes "Simple text." because chars are case sensitive
echo strpbrk($text, 'S'), PHP_EOL;
?>

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