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> These functions all manipulate strings in various ways. Some more
specialized sections can be found in the regular expression and
<A
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> For information on how strings behave, especially with regard to
usage of single quotes, double quotes, and escape sequences, see
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>There is no installation needed to use these
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> For even more powerful string handling and manipulating functions
take a look at the <A
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>POSIX regular
expression functions</A
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>Perl
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><DT
><A
HREF="function.addcslashes.html"
>addcslashes</A
> -- Quote string with slashes in a C style</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.addslashes.html"
>addslashes</A
> -- Quote string with slashes</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.bin2hex.html"
>bin2hex</A
> --
Convert binary data into hexadecimal representation
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.chop.html"
>chop</A
> -- Alias of <A
HREF="function.rtrim.html"
><B
CLASS="function"
>rtrim()</B
></A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.chr.html"
>chr</A
> -- Return a specific character</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.chunk-split.html"
>chunk_split</A
> -- Split a string into smaller chunks</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.convert-cyr-string.html"
>convert_cyr_string</A
> --
Convert from one Cyrillic character set to another
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.count-chars.html"
>count_chars</A
> --
Return information about characters used in a string
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.crc32.html"
>crc32</A
> -- Calculates the crc32 polynomial of a string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.crypt.html"
>crypt</A
> -- One-way string encryption (hashing)</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.echo.html"
>echo</A
> -- Output one or more strings</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.explode.html"
>explode</A
> -- Split a string by string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.fprintf.html"
>fprintf</A
> -- Write a formatted string to a stream</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.get-html-translation-table.html"
>get_html_translation_table</A
> --
Returns the translation table used by
<A
HREF="function.htmlspecialchars.html"
><B
CLASS="function"
>htmlspecialchars()</B
></A
> and
<A
HREF="function.htmlentities.html"
><B
CLASS="function"
>htmlentities()</B
></A
>
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.hebrev.html"
>hebrev</A
> --
Convert logical Hebrew text to visual text
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.hebrevc.html"
>hebrevc</A
> --
Convert logical Hebrew text to visual text with newline conversion
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.html-entity-decode.html"
>html_entity_decode</A
> --
Convert all HTML entities to their applicable characters
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.htmlentities.html"
>htmlentities</A
> --
Convert all applicable characters to HTML entities
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.htmlspecialchars.html"
>htmlspecialchars</A
> --
Convert special characters to HTML entities
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.implode.html"
>implode</A
> -- Join array elements with a string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.join.html"
>join</A
> -- Join array elements with a string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.levenshtein.html"
>levenshtein</A
> --
Calculate Levenshtein distance between two strings
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.localeconv.html"
>localeconv</A
> -- Get numeric formatting information</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.ltrim.html"
>ltrim</A
> --
Strip whitespace from the beginning of a string
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.md5-file.html"
>md5_file</A
> -- Calculates the md5 hash of a given filename</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.md5.html"
>md5</A
> -- Calculate the md5 hash of a string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.metaphone.html"
>metaphone</A
> -- Calculate the metaphone key of a string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.money-format.html"
>money_format</A
> -- Formats a number as a currency string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.nl-langinfo.html"
>nl_langinfo</A
> --
Query language and locale information
</DT
><DT
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HREF="function.nl2br.html"
>nl2br</A
> --
Inserts HTML line breaks before all newlines in a string
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.number-format.html"
>number_format</A
> -- Format a number with grouped thousands</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.ord.html"
>ord</A
> -- Return ASCII value of character</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.parse-str.html"
>parse_str</A
> -- Parses the string into variables</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.print.html"
>print</A
> -- Output a string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.printf.html"
>printf</A
> -- Output a formatted string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.quoted-printable-decode.html"
>quoted_printable_decode</A
> --
Convert a quoted-printable string to an 8 bit string
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.quotemeta.html"
>quotemeta</A
> -- Quote meta characters</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.rtrim.html"
>rtrim</A
> --
Strip whitespace from the end of a string
</DT
><DT
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HREF="function.setlocale.html"
>setlocale</A
> -- Set locale information</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.sha1-file.html"
>sha1_file</A
> -- Calculate the sha1 hash of a file</DT
><DT
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HREF="function.sha1.html"
>sha1</A
> -- Calculate the sha1 hash of a string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.similar-text.html"
>similar_text</A
> --
Calculate the similarity between two strings
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.soundex.html"
>soundex</A
> -- Calculate the soundex key of a string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.sprintf.html"
>sprintf</A
> -- Return a formatted string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.sscanf.html"
>sscanf</A
> --
Parses input from a string according to a format
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.str-pad.html"
>str_pad</A
> --
Pad a string to a certain length with another string
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.str-repeat.html"
>str_repeat</A
> -- Repeat a string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.str-replace.html"
>str_replace</A
> --
Replace all occurrences of the search string with the replacement string
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.str-rot13.html"
>str_rot13</A
> -- Perform the rot13 transform on a string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.str-shuffle.html"
>str_shuffle</A
> -- Randomly shuffles a string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.str-word-count.html"
>str_word_count</A
> --
Return information about words used in a string
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strcasecmp.html"
>strcasecmp</A
> --
Binary safe case-insensitive string comparison
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strchr.html"
>strchr</A
> --
Find the first occurrence of a character
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strcmp.html"
>strcmp</A
> -- Binary safe string comparison</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strcoll.html"
>strcoll</A
> -- Locale based string comparison</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strcspn.html"
>strcspn</A
> --
Find length of initial segment not matching mask
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strip-tags.html"
>strip_tags</A
> -- Strip HTML and PHP tags from a string</DT
><DT
><A
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>stripcslashes</A
> --
Un-quote string quoted with <A
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><B
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>addcslashes()</B
></A
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</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.stripslashes.html"
>stripslashes</A
> --
Un-quote string quoted with <A
HREF="function.addslashes.html"
><B
CLASS="function"
>addslashes()</B
></A
>
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.stristr.html"
>stristr</A
> --
Case-insensitive <A
HREF="function.strstr.html"
><B
CLASS="function"
>strstr()</B
></A
>
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strlen.html"
>strlen</A
> -- Get string length</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strnatcasecmp.html"
>strnatcasecmp</A
> --
Case insensitive string comparisons using a "natural order"
algorithm
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strnatcmp.html"
>strnatcmp</A
> --
String comparisons using a "natural order" algorithm
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strncasecmp.html"
>strncasecmp</A
> --
Binary safe case-insensitive string comparison of the first n
characters
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strncmp.html"
>strncmp</A
> --
Binary safe string comparison of the first n characters
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strpos.html"
>strpos</A
> --
Find position of first occurrence of a string
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strrchr.html"
>strrchr</A
> --
Find the last occurrence of a character in a string
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strrev.html"
>strrev</A
> -- Reverse a string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strrpos.html"
>strrpos</A
> --
Find position of last occurrence of a char in a string
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strspn.html"
>strspn</A
> --
Find length of initial segment matching mask
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strstr.html"
>strstr</A
> -- Find first occurrence of a string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strtok.html"
>strtok</A
> -- Tokenize string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strtolower.html"
>strtolower</A
> -- Make a string lowercase</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strtoupper.html"
>strtoupper</A
> -- Make a string uppercase</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.strtr.html"
>strtr</A
> -- Translate certain characters</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.substr-count.html"
>substr_count</A
> -- Count the number of substring occurrences</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.substr-replace.html"
>substr_replace</A
> -- Replace text within a portion of a string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.substr.html"
>substr</A
> -- Return part of a string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.trim.html"
>trim</A
> --
Strip whitespace from the beginning and end of a string
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.ucfirst.html"
>ucfirst</A
> -- Make a string's first character uppercase</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.ucwords.html"
>ucwords</A
> --
Uppercase the first character of each word in a string
</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.vprintf.html"
>vprintf</A
> -- Output a formatted string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.vsprintf.html"
>vsprintf</A
> -- Return a formatted string</DT
><DT
><A
HREF="function.wordwrap.html"
>wordwrap</A
> --
Wraps a string to a given number of characters using a string
break character.
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