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Chapter 8

String

By: Asst. Lect. Montadhar Moslem


PHP Strings
▸ A string is a sequence of characters, like "Hello world!".

▸ Strings in PHP are surrounded by either double quotation marks, or single quotation marks.

▸ Link: https://www.w3schools.com/php/php_string.asp

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Double or Single Quotes?
▸ You can use double or single quotes, but you should be aware of the differences between the two.

▸ Double quoted strings perform action on special characters.

▸ E.g. when there is a variable in the string, it returns the value of the variable:

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String Functions
String Length
▸ strlen() function returns the length of a string.

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Word Count
▸ str_word_count() function counts the number of words in a string.

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Search For Text Within a
String
▸ strpos() function searches for a specific text within a string.

▸ If a match is found, the function returns the character position of the first match. If no match is
found, it will return FALSE.

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▸ Search for the text “name” in the string “Hi my name is ali”
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Upper Case
▸ strtoupper() function returns the string in upper case:

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Lower Case
▸ strtolower() function returns the string in lower case:

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Replace String
▸ str_replace() function replaces some characters with some other characters in a string.

▸ Replace the text “ali" with “Ahmed":

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Reverse a String
▸ strrev() function reverses a string.

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Remove Whitespace
▸ trim() function removes any whitespace from the beginning or the end.

▸ Whitespace is the space before and/or after the actual text, and very often you want to remove this
space.

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Convert String into Array
▸ explode() function splits a string into an array.

▸ The first parameter of the explode() function represents the "separator". The "separator" specifies
where to split the string.

▸ Note: The separator is required.

▸ Example: Split the string into an array. Use the space character as separator:

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String Concatenation
▸ To concatenate, or combine, two strings you can use the . Operator or double quotes.

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Slicing Strings
▸ You can return a range of characters by using the substr() function.

▸ Specify the start index and the number of characters you want to return.

▸ Note The first character has index 0.

▸ Example: Start the slice at index 6 and end the slice 5 positions later.

▸ Slice to the End: By leaving out the length parameter, the range will go to the end

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Example

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Escape Character
▸ To insert characters that are illegal in a string, use an escape character.

▸ An escape character is a backslash \ followed by the character you want to insert.

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