strrchr
strrchr
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
strrchr — Find the last occurrence of a character in a string
Description
string strrchr ( string $haystack , mixed $needle )
This function returns the portion of haystack which starts at the last occurrence of needle and goes until the end of haystack.
Parameters
-
haystack -
The string to search in
-
needle -
If
needlecontains more than one character, only the first is used. This behavior is different from that of strstr().If
needleis not a string, it is converted to an integer and applied as the ordinal value of a character.
Return Values
This function returns the portion of string, or FALSE if needle is not found.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 4.3.0 | This function is now binary safe. |
Examples
Example #1 strrchr() example
<?php // get last directory in $PATH $dir = substr(strrchr($PATH, ":"), 1); // get everything after last newline $text = "Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3"; $last = substr(strrchr($text, 10), 1 ); ?>
Notes
Note: This function is binary-safe.
See Also
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https://secure.php.net/manual/en/function.strrchr.php
