PHP

chr()
The chr() function returns a character from the
specified ASCII value.

Syntax:
chr(ascii)

Example
<?php
echo chr(53)."<br />";

echo chr(65)."<br />";

echo chr(100)."<br />";

?>
Output:
5
A
d

ord()
The ord() function returns the ASCII value of
the first character of a string.

Syntax:
ord(string)

Example
<?php
echo ord("atmiya")."<br />";
echo ord("a")."<br />";
?>
Output:
97
97

strtolower()

This function converts the string to lower case.

Syntax:
strtolower(string);

Example
<?php
echo strtolower("Hello BCA 3 Sem");
?>
Output:
hello bca 3 sem

strtoupper()
This function converts the string to upper case.

Syntax:
strtoupper(<string>);

Example
<?php
echo strtoupper("Hello BCA 3 Sem");
?>
Output:
HELLO BCA 3 SEM

strlen()
This function returns the length of the string.

Syntax:
strlen(<string>);

Example
echo strlen(Atmiya);
$a=str;
echo strlen($a);

Output:
6
3

ltrim()

The ltrim() function is used to remove white spaces or other predefined characters form the left side of the string.

The ltrim() function is used to remove white

spaces or other predefined characters form
the left side of the string.
Syntax:

ltrim(string_name, char_list)

Example
<?php
$text1=" Hello BCA 3 Sem";
$text2="\t\n Hello BCA 3 Sem";
echo ltrim($text1)."<br>";
echo ltrim($text2);
?>

Output:
Hello BCA 3 Sem
Hello BCA 3 Sem

rtrim()
The rtrim() function is used to remove
the whitespaces and other predefined characters
from the right side of a string.

Syntax:

rtrim(string_name, char_list)

Example
<?php
$text1="Hello BCA 3 Sem ";
$text2="\t\n Hello BCA 3 Sem";
echo rtrim($text1)."<br>";
echo rtrim($text2,'em');
?>

Output:
Hello BCA 3 Sem
Hello BCA 3 S

trim()
The trim() function is used to remove the white
spaces and other predefined characters from the left
and right sides of a string.

Syntax:
trim(string_name, char_list)

Example
<?php
$str=" \tWelcome to BCA 3 Sem ";
$str1=" Welcome to BCA 3 Sem ";
echo trim($str)."<br>";
echo trim($str1);
?>

substr()
The substr() function used to cut a part of a string
from a string, starting at a specified position.

Syntax:
substr(string_name, start_pos, length_to_cut)

Example
<?php
$str="Welcome to BCA 3 Sem";
echo substr($str,0,5)."<br>";
echo substr($str,5);
?>
Welco
me to BCA 3 Sem

strcmp()
The strcmp() function is used to compare two strings.

Syntax:
strcmp(string1, string2)

This function returns:

0 - if the two strings are equal
<0 - if string1 is less than string2
>0 - if string1 is greater than string2

Example
<?php
$str="Welcome to BCA 3 Sem";

$str1="Welcome to BCA 3 Sem";

echo $result=strcmp($str,$str1)."<br>";

$str2="Welcome to BCA 3";

$str3="Welcome to BCA 3 Sem";
echo $result=strcmp($str2,$str3)."<br>";
echo $result=strcmp($str3,$str2)."<br>";
?> 0 -4 4

strcasecmp()
The strcasecmp() function is used to compare two case
sensitive strings.

Syntax:
strcasecmp(string1, string2)
This function returns:

0 - if the two strings are equal

<0 - if string1 is less than string2
>0 - if string1 is greater than string2

Example
<?php
$str="Atmiya";

$str1="ATMIYA";
echo $result=strcasecmp($str,$str1)."<br>";

$str2="ATMIYA";
$str3="ATMIYA RJT";
echo $result=strcmp($str2,$str3)."<br>";
echo $result=strcmp($str3,$str2)."<br>";
?> 0 -4 4

strpos()
The strpos() function returns the position of the first
occurrence of a string inside another string.

Syntax:
strpos(string,find,start)

Example
<?php
$str="Aatmiya";
$str1="ATMIYA";
echo strpos($str,"a",3)."<br>";
echo strpos($str1,"b");
?>
6

strrpos()
The strrpos() function finds the position of the last
occurrence of a string inside another string.

Syntax:
strrpos(string,find,start)

Example
<?php
$str="Aatmiy";
$str1="ATMIYATA";
echo strrpos($str,"at")."<br>";
echo strrpos($str1,"A",6);
?>
1

strstr()
The strstr() function searches for the first occurrence
of a string inside another string.
This function returns the rest of the string (from the
matching point).

This function is case sensitive.

Syntax:
strstr(string,search)

Example
<?php
$str="Aatmiy";
echo strstr($str,"at);
?>
atmiy

stristr()
The stristr() function searches for the first occurrence
of a string inside another string.

Syntax:
stristr(string,search)

Example
<?php
$str="Aatmiy";
echo stristr($str,"At")."<br>";
?>

atmiy

str_replace()
The str_replace() function replaces some characters
with some other characters in a string.
Syntax:

Example
<?php
$str="Atmiya College";

echo str_replace("College","Rajkot",$str)."<br>";
str_replace("College","Rajkot",$str,$i);
echo "Replacements=".$i;
$arr=array("one","two","three");
$arr1=str_replace("three","four",$arr);

print_r($arr1);
?>Atmiya Rajkot
Replacements=1
Array ( [0] => one [1] => two [2] => four )

strrev()
The strrev() function is used to reverse a string.

Syntax:
strrev(main_string)

Example
<?php
$str="Atmiya College";
echo strrev($str);
?>
egelloC ayimtA

Questions?