PHP 5 String Functions

The PHP string functions are part of the PHP core. No installation is required to use these functions.

FunctionDescription
addcslashes()Returns a string with backslashes in front of the specified characters
addslashes()Returns a string with backslashes in front of predefined characters
bin2hex()Converts a string of ASCII characters to hexadecimal values
chop()Removes whitespace or other characters from the right end of a string
chr()Returns a character from a specified ASCII value
chunk_split()Splits a string into a series of smaller parts
convert_cyr_string()Converts a string from one Cyrillic character-set to another
convert_uudecode()Decodes a uuencoded string
convert_uuencode()Encodes a string using the uuencode algorithm
count_chars()Returns information about characters used in a string
crc32()Calculates a 32-bit CRC for a string
crypt()One-way string hashing
echo()Outputs one or more strings
explode()Breaks a string into an array
fprintf()Writes a formatted string to a specified output stream
get_html_translation_table()Returns the translation table used by htmlspecialchars() and htmlentities()
hebrev()Converts Hebrew text to visual text
hebrevc()Converts Hebrew text to visual text and new lines (\n) into <br>
hex2bin()Converts a string of hexadecimal values to ASCII characters
html_entity_decode()Converts HTML entities to characters
htmlentities()Converts characters to HTML entities
htmlspecialchars_decode()Converts some predefined HTML entities to characters
htmlspecialchars()Converts some predefined characters to HTML entities
implode()Returns a string from the elements of an array
join()Alias of implode()
lcfirst()Converts the first character of a string to lowercase
levenshtein()Returns the Levenshtein distance between two strings
localeconv()Returns locale numeric and monetary formatting information
ltrim()Removes whitespace or other characters from the left side of a string
md5()Calculates the MD5 hash of a string
md5_file()Calculates the MD5 hash of a file
metaphone()Calculates the metaphone key of a string
money_format()Returns a string formatted as a currency string
nl_langinfo()Returns specific local information
nl2br()Inserts HTML line breaks in front of each newline in a string
number_format()Formats a number with grouped thousands
ord()Returns the ASCII value of the first character of a string
parse_str()Parses a query string into variables
print()Outputs one or more strings
printf()Outputs a formatted string
quoted_printable_decode()Converts a quoted-printable string to an 8-bit string
quoted_printable_encode()Converts an 8-bit string to a quoted printable string
quotemeta()Quotes meta characters
rtrim()Removes whitespace or other characters from the right side of a string
setlocale()Sets locale information
sha1()Calculates the SHA-1 hash of a string
sha1_file()Calculates the SHA-1 hash of a file
similar_text()Calculates the similarity between two strings
soundex()Calculates the soundex key of a string
sprintf()Writes a formatted string to a variable
sscanf()Parses input from a string according to a format
str_getcsv()Parses a CSV string into an array
str_ireplace()Replaces some characters in a string (case-insensitive)
str_pad()Pads a string to a new length
str_repeat()Repeats a string a specified number of times
str_replace()Replaces some characters in a string (case-sensitive)
str_rot13()Performs the ROT13 encoding on a string
str_shuffle()Randomly shuffles all characters in a string
str_split()Splits a string into an array
str_word_count()Count the number of words in a string
strcasecmp()Compares two strings (case-insensitive)
strchr()Finds the first occurrence of a string inside another string (alias of strstr())
strcmp()Compares two strings (case-sensitive)
strcoll()Compares two strings (locale based string comparison)
strcspn()Returns the number of characters found in a string before any part of some specified characters are found
strip_tags()Strips HTML and PHP tags from a string
stripcslashes()Unquotes a string quoted with addcslashes()
stripslashes()Unquotes a string quoted with addslashes()
stripos()Returns the position of the first occurrence of a string inside another string (case-insensitive)
stristr()Finds the first occurrence of a string inside another string (case-insensitive)
strlen()Returns the length of a string
strnatcasecmp()Compares two strings using a "natural order" algorithm (case-insensitive)
strnatcmp()Compares two strings using a "natural order" algorithm (case-sensitive)
strncasecmp()String comparison of the first n characters (case-insensitive)
strncmp()String comparison of the first n characters (case-sensitive)
strpbrk()Searches a string for any of a set of characters
strpos()Returns the position of the first occurrence of a string inside another string (case-sensitive)
strrchr()Finds the last occurrence of a string inside another string
strrev()Reverses a string
strripos()Finds the position of the last occurrence of a string inside another string (case-insensitive)
strrpos()Finds the position of the last occurrence of a string inside another string (case-sensitive)
strspn()Returns the number of characters found in a string that contains only characters from a specified charlist
strstr()Finds the first occurrence of a string inside another string (case-sensitive)
strtok()Splits a string into smaller strings
strtolower()Converts a string to lowercase letters
strtoupper()Converts a string to uppercase letters
strtr()Translates certain characters in a string
substr()Returns a part of a string
substr_compare()Compares two strings from a specified start position (binary safe and optionally case-sensitive)
substr_count()Counts the number of times a substring occurs in a string
substr_replace()Replaces a part of a string with another string
trim()Removes whitespace or other characters from both sides of a string
ucfirst()Converts the first character of a string to uppercase
ucwords()Converts the first character of each word in a string to uppercase
vfprintf()Writes a formatted string to a specified output stream
vprintf()Outputs a formatted string
vsprintf()Writes a formatted string to a variable
wordwrap()Wraps a string to a given number of characters
Credit: www.w3schools.com
PHP 5 String Functions PHP 5 String Functions Reviewed by webmission on 11:34 Rating: 5

No comments:

Powered by Blogger.