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# strstr

(PHP 3, PHP 4 )

strstr -- Find first occurrence of a string

## Description

string strstr ( string haystack, string needle)

Returns part of `haystack` string from the first occurrence of `needle` to the end of `haystack`.

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

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

> Note: This function is case-sensitive. For case-insensitive searches, use stristr().

Example 1. strstr() example
    $email = 'user@example.com';
    $domain = strstr($email, '@');
    print $domain; // prints @example.com

See also ereg(), preg_match(), strchr(), stristr(), strpos(), strrchr(), and substr().

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