PHP Functions Essential Reference

strstr

string strstr(string string, mixed substring) 

Returns all of string after the first occurrence of substring.

Returns:

String; FALSE if the substring doesn’t exist in the string

Description:

strstr() returns all of string after the first occurrence of substring . If substring doesn’t exist in string , the function returns FALSE.

Version:

PHP 3+, PHP 4+

See also:

Other functions that find characters within strings:

strchr() 
stristr() 
strpos() 
strrpos() 
substr() 

Example:

Use strstr() to parse data out of a simple format

<?php $quote = "A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. --Mark Twain"; $separator = '--'; if ($remainer = strstr ($quote, $separator)) { echo 'The author for this quote was likely '", substr ($remainer, ...