PHP String Functions & CONSTANT
PHP String Functions :
Get The Length of a String:
The PHP strlen() function returns the length of a string (number of characters).
The example below returns the length of the string "Hello world!":
<?php
echo strlen("Hello world!"); // outputs 12
?>
echo strlen("Hello world!"); // outputs 12
?>
Output:
12
Count The Number of Words in a String
The PHP str_word_count() function counts the number of words in a string:
<?php
echo str_word_count("Hello world!"); // outputs 2
?>
Output :
2
Reverse a String
The PHP strrev() function reverses a string:
<?php
echo strrev("Hello world!"); // outputs !dlrow olleH
?>
Output:
!dlrow olleH
without using strrev() write code of php using for loop:
$string = "sandep";
$len = strlen($string);
for($i=$len; $i > 0; $i--)
{
echo $string[$i-1];
}
?>
output:
pednas
Search For a Specific Text Within a String
The PHP strpos() function searches for a specific text within a string.
If a match is found, the function returns the character position of the first match. If no match is found, it will return FALSE.
The example below searches for the text "world" in the string "Hello world!":
<?php
echo strpos("Hello world!", "world"); // outputs 6
?>
Output:
6
Replace Text Within a String
The PHP str_replace() function replaces some characters with some other characters in a string.
The example below replaces the text "world" with "Dolly":
<?php
echo str_replace("world", "Dolly", "Hello world!"); // outputs Hello Dolly!
?>
Hello Dolly!
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PHP strtolower() Function :
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Convert all characters to lowercase:
Example :
<?php
echo strtolower("Hello WORLD.");
?>
PHP strtoupper() Function :
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Convert all characters to uppercase:
Example :
<?php
echo strtoupper("Hello WORLD!");
?>
PHP lcfirst() Function:
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Convert the first character of "Hello" to lowercase:
Example :
<?php
echo lcfirst("Hello world!");
?>
PHP ucfirst() Function :
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Convert the first character of "hello" to uppercase:
Example :
<?php
echo ucfirst("hello world!");
?>
PHP ucwords() Function :
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Convert the first character of each word to uppercase:
Example :
<?php
echo ucwords("hello world");
?>
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<?php
$pageURL = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
$myurl = 'om.php';
if (stristr($pageURL, $myurl) !== FALSE) {
echo '<script > alert("it is popup") </script>';
} else {
echo "wrong";
}
?>
$pageURL = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
$myurl = 'om.php';
if (stristr($pageURL, $myurl) !== FALSE) {
echo '<script > alert("it is popup") </script>';
} else {
echo "wrong";
}
?>
note : when you will run above it will alert you with popup window ..
The substr() function returns a part of a string.
Note: If the start parameter is a negative number and length is less than or equal to start, length becomes 0.
Syntax:
Substr(String,Start,Length)
Example:
(1)write code for substr.html(enter digit "123" ) :
<form action=substr.php method=post>
enter your 3 digit number<input type=text name=number>
<input type=submit name=submit value=submit>
</form>
(2)write code for substr.php :
<?php
$a=$_POST['number'];
$b=substr($a,0,1);
$c=substr($a,1,1);
$d=substr($a,2,1);
echo "value of b=".$b.'<Br>';
echo "value of c=".$c.'<br>';
echo "value of d=".$d.'<br>';
echo $b+$d;
?>
output:
1
2
3
4
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Simple PHP Application to save website content from a website to a file then make search to that file:
Step 1: store website content to a file code given below :
<?php
$curl_handle=curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_URL,'http://www.vissicomp.com');
curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT,2);
curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);
$buffer = curl_exec($curl_handle);
$fhandle=fopen("example.txt","a");
fwrite($fhandle,$buffer);
curl_close($curl_handle);
if (empty($buffer))
{
print "Nothing returned from url.<p>";
}
else
{
print $buffer;
}
?>
Step 2 make Search in that file for particular word:
(a)write code for search.html:
<form action=searchst.php method=post>
<input type=text name=search>
<input type=submit name=submit value=submit>
</form>
(b)write code for searchst.php file:
<?php
$search = $_POST['search'];
// Read from file
$lines = file('example.txt');
foreach($lines as $line)
{
// Check if the line contains the string we're looking for, and print if it does
if(strpos($line, $search) !== false)
echo"<html><title>SEARCH RESULTS FOR: $search</title><font face='Arial'> $line <hr>";
}
?>
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Implode() Function :
The implode function is used to "join elements of an array with a string".
The implode() function returns a string from elements of an array. It takes an array of strings and joins them together into one string using a delimiter (string to be used between the pieces) of your choice.
The implode function in PHP is easily remembered as "array to string", which simply means that it takes an array and returns a string. It rejoins any array elements and returns the resulting string, which may be put in a variable.
Suppose you have an array like this $arr = Array ("A","E","I","O","U");
and you wish to combine it into a string, by putting the separator '-' between each element of the array.
How to do that?
$str = implode("-",$arr);
So your resulting string variable $str will be contain:
A-E-I-O-U
Syntax :
and you wish to combine it into a string, by putting the separator '-' between each element of the array.
How to do that?
$str = implode("-",$arr);
So your resulting string variable $str will be contain:
A-E-I-O-U
Syntax :
implode (separator , array)
Example1:
<html>
<body bgcolor="pink"><h3>Implode Function</h3><?php$arr=array ('I','am','simple','boy!');echo implode(" ",$arr);?></body></html>
<html>
<body bgcolor="pink"><h3>Implode Function</h3><?php$arr=array ('I','am','simple','boy!');echo implode(" ",$arr);?></body></html>
Output :
I am simple boy!
Explode () Function :
The explode function is used to "Split a string by a specified string into pieces i.e. it breaks a string into an array".
The explode function in PHP allows us to break a string into smaller text with each break occurring at the same symbol. This symbol is known as the delimiter. Using the explode command we will create an array from a string. The explode() function breaks a string into an array, but the implode function returns a string from the elements of an array.
For example you have a string
$str="A E I O U";
now you want to make each name as an element of an array and access it individually so what you do:
$arr = explode(",", $str);
means : we have made pieces of string $text based on separator ','
and put the resulting array in variable $arr
So I used print_r ($arr); and the results are the following:
Array(
[0] => A
[1] => E
[2] => I
[3] => O
[4] => U
)
which is equal to:
$arr = Array ("A","E","I","O","U");
Syntax:
explode (separator,string,limit)
Example1:
<html>
<body bgcolor="pink">
<h3>Explode Function</h3><?php$str="I am simple boy!";
print_r(explode(" ",$str));?></body>
</html>
$str="A E I O U";
now you want to make each name as an element of an array and access it individually so what you do:
$arr = explode(",", $str);
means : we have made pieces of string $text based on separator ','
and put the resulting array in variable $arr
So I used print_r ($arr); and the results are the following:
Array(
[0] => A
[1] => E
[2] => I
[3] => O
[4] => U
)
which is equal to:
$arr = Array ("A","E","I","O","U");
Syntax:
explode (separator,string,limit)
Example1:
<html>
<body bgcolor="pink">
<h3>Explode Function</h3><?php$str="I am simple boy!";
print_r(explode(" ",$str));?></body>
</html>
Output:
Array ( [0] => I [1] => am [2] => simple [3] => boy! )
Simple example for multiple selection using dropdown with implode function :
(1)first write code for select.html file:
<form action=select.php method=post>
<select name=city[] multiple="multiple">
<option value=mumbai>mumbai</option>
<option value=delhi>delhi</option>
<option value=goa>goa</option>
</select>
<input type=submit name=submit>
</form>
output:
(2)now write code for select.php file:
<?php
$data=implode(',',$_POST['city']);
$con=mysql_connect('localhost','root','');
mysql_select_db("batch",$con);
$sql="insert into test(city)values('$data')";
mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
?>
Simple example for multiple selection using Checkboxes with implode function :
(1)first write code for checkbox.html file:
<form action=checkbox.php method=post>
mumbai<input type=checkbox name=city[] value=mumbai>
Delhi<input type=checkbox name=city[] value=delhi>
city<input type=checkbox name=city[] value=city>
<input type=submit name=submit value=submit>
</form>
output:
(2) write code for checkbox.php file :
<?php
$data=implode(',',$_POST['city']);
$con=mysql_connect('localhost','root','');
mysql_select_db("batch",$con);
$sql="insert into test(city)values('$data')";
mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
?>
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Definition and Usage :
The mysqli_real_escape_string() function escapes
special characters in a string for use in an SQL statement.
Syntax :
mysqli_real_escape_string(connection,escapestring);
connection : Required. Specifies the MySQL connection to use
escapestring:
Required. The string to be escaped.
Characters encoded are NUL (ASCII 0), \n, \r, \, ', ", and Control-Z.
Example :
<?php
$con=mysql_connect("localhost","root","");
// Check connection
if (!$con) {
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
}
// escape variables for security
$firstname = mysql_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['firstname']);
$lastname = mysql_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['lastname']);
$age = mysql_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['age']);
$sql="INSERT INTO Persons (FirstName, LastName, Age)
VALUES ('$firstname', '$lastname', '$age')";
if (!mysqli_query($con,$sql)) {
die( mysql_error());
}
echo "1 record added";
?>
Definition and Usage :
The stripslashes() function removes backslashes added by theaddslashes() function.
Tip: This function can be used to clean up data retrieved from a database or from an HTML form.
Syntax :
stripslashes(string)
String : Required. Specifies the string to check
Example :
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo stripslashes("Who\'s Peter Griffin?");
?>
</body>
</html>
EXAMPLE:
<?php
$str = addcslashes("Hello World!","W");
echo($str);
?>
OUTPUT:
Hello \World!
Definition and Usage
The stripslashes() function removes backslashes added by the addslashes() function.
Tip: This function can be used to clean up data retrieved from a database or from an HTML form.
Syntax :
stripslashes(string)
Parameter Description
string Required. Specifies the string to check
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo stripslashes("Who\'s Peter Griffin?");
?>
</body>
</html>
OUTPUT:
Hello \World!
Definition and Usage:
The addcslashes() function returns a string with backslashes in front of the specified characters.
Note: The addcslashes() function is case-sensitive.
Note: Be careful using addcslashes() on 0 (NULL), r (carriage return), n (newline), f (form feed), t (tab) and v (vertical tab). In PHP, \0, \r, \n, \t, \f and \v are predefined escape sequences.
Syntax :
addcslashes(string,characters)
string: Required. Specifies the string to be escaped
characters: Required. Specifies the characters or range of characters to be escaped
EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
$str = "Welcome to my humble Homepage!";
echo $str."<br>";
echo addcslashes($str,'A..Z')."<br>";
echo addcslashes($str,'a..z')."<br>";
echo addcslashes($str,'a..g');
?>
</body>
</html>
OUTPUT:
Welcome to my humble Homepage!
\Welcome to my humble \Homepage!
W\e\l\c\o\m\e \t\o \m\y \h\u\m\b\l\e H\o\m\e\p\a\g\e!
W\el\com\e to my hum\bl\e Hom\ep\a\g\e!
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How To Generate Random Numbers Without Rand() Function?
<?php
$num=range(1,20);
shuffle($num);
for ($i=0; $i<5; $i++) {
$result[$i]=$num[$i];
}
sort($result);
print_r($result);
?>
$num=range(1,20);
shuffle($num);
for ($i=0; $i<5; $i++) {
$result[$i]=$num[$i];
}
sort($result);
print_r($result);
?>
Create A PHP Constant
To create a constant, use the define() function.
Syntax
define(name, value, case-insensitive)
Parameters:
- name: Specifies the name of the constant
- value: Specifies the value of the constant
- case-insensitive: Specifies whether the constant name should be case-insensitive. Default is false
The example below creates a constant with a case-sensitive name:
<?php
define("GREETING", "Welcome to vissicomp.com!");
echo GREETING;
?>
Output:
Welcome to vissicomp.com!
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