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# strpos

(PHP 3, PHP 4 )

strpos -- Find position of first occurrence of a string

## Description

int strpos ( string haystack, string needle [, int offset])

Returns the numeric position of the first occurrence of `needle` in the `haystack` string. Unlike the strrpos(), this function can take a full string as the `needle` parameter and the entire string will be used.

If `needle` is not found, returns `FALSE`.

> Note: It is easy to mistake the return values for "character found at position 0" and "character not found". Here's how to detect the difference:

>     // in PHP 4.0b3 and newer:
>     $pos = strpos($mystring, "b");
>     if ($pos === false) { // note: three equal signs
>         // not found...
>     }

>     // in versions older than 4.0b3:
>     $pos = strpos($mystring, "b");
>     if (!is_integer($pos)) {
>         // not found...
>     }

If `needle` is not a string, it is converted to an integer and applied as the ordinal value of a character.

The optional `offset` parameter allows you to specify which character in `haystack` to start searching. The position returned is still relative to the the beginning of `haystack`.

See also strrpos(), strrchr(), substr(), stristr(), and strstr().

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