<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Introduction</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="book.strings.html">Strings</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="strings.setup.html">Installing/Configuring</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="book.strings.html">Strings</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="intro.strings" class="preface"> <h1 class="title">Introduction</h1> <p class="para"> These functions all manipulate strings in various ways. Some more specialized sections can be found in the regular expression and <a href="book.url.html" class="link">URL handling</a> sections. </p> <p class="para"> For information on how strings behave, especially with regard to usage of single quotes, double quotes, and escape sequences, see the <a href="language.types.string.html" class="link">Strings</a> entry in the <a href="language.types.html" class="link">Types</a> section of the manual. </p> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="book.strings.html">Strings</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="strings.setup.html">Installing/Configuring</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="book.strings.html">Strings</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>