strrpos
It took me some time to understand the way this function works…
I’ve compiled my own explanation with my own words that is more understandable for me personally than the official one or those that can be found in different tutorials on the web.
Perhaps, it will save someone several minutes…
<?php
strspn(string $haystack, string $char_list [, int $start [, int $length]])
?>
The way it works:
- searches for a segment of $haystack that consists entirely from supplied through the second argument chars
- $haystack must start from one of the chars supplied through $char_list, otherwise the function will find nothing
- as soon as the function encounters a char that was not mentioned in $chars it understands that the segment is over and stops (it doesn’t search for the second, third and so on segments)
- finally, it measures the segment’s length and return it (i.e. length)
In other words it finds a span (only the first one) in the string that consists entirely form chars supplied in $chars_list and returns its length
strspn
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
strspn — Zjistit délku úvodního segmentu odpovídajícího masce
Popis
int strspn ( string $str1, string $str2 [, int $start [, int $length]] )Vrací úvodního segmentu str1, který se skládá výhradně ze znaků v str2.
strspn ("42 je odpověď, co je otázka...", "1234567890");
vrátí 2.
Viz také: strcspn().
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User Contributed Notesstrspn
barry dot balkowski at gmail dot com
08-Aug-2008 11:12
08-Aug-2008 11:12
B Crawford
03-Oct-2007 02:20
03-Oct-2007 02:20
This function is significantly faster for checking illegal characters than the equivalent preg_match() method.