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# strstr

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

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
`<?php $email = 'user@example.com'; $domain = strstr($email, '@'); echo $domain; // prints @example.com ?>`

> Note: If you only want to determine if a particular needle occurs within haystack, use the faster and less memory intensive function strpos() instead.

strstr() has been binary safe since PHP 4.3.0

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

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