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# substr_count

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

substr_count -- Count the number of substring occurrences

## Description

int substr_count ( string haystack, string needle [, int offset [, int length]] )

substr_count() returns the number of times the needle substring occurs in the haystack string. Please note that needle is case sensitive.

> Note: This function doesn't count overlapped substrings. See the example below!

## Parameters

haystack

  The string to search in

needle

  The substring to search for

offset

  The offset where to start counting

length

  The maximum length after the specified offset to search for the substring. It outputs a warning if the offset plus the length is greater than the haystack length.

## Return Values

This functions returns an integer.

## ChangeLog

Version | Description
--- | ---
5.1.0 | Added the offset and the length parameters

## Examples

Example 1. A substr_count() example
`<?php $text = 'This is a test'; echo strlen($text); // 14 echo substr_count($text, 'is'); // 2 // the string is reduced to 's is a test', so it prints 1 echo substr_count($text, 'is', 3); // the text is reduced to 's i', so it prints 0 echo substr_count($text, 'is', 3, 3); // generates a warning because 5+10 > 14 echo substr_count($text, 'is', 5, 10); // prints only 1, because it doesn't count overlapped subtrings $text2 = 'gcdgcdgcd'; echo substr_count($text2, 'gcdgcd'); ?>`

## See Also

count_chars()
strpos()
substr()
strstr()

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