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Check if a string starts with given word in PHP
Create a function to check whether a string begins with the specified string or not. The function should return TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
The following is the syntax −
begnWith(str, begnStr)
Consider the following parameters in it to check −
str − The string to be tested
begnStr − The text to be searched in the beginning of the specified string.
Example
The following is an example −
<?php
function begnWith($str, $begnString) {
$len = strlen($begnString);
return (substr($str, 0, $len) = = = $begnString);
}
if(begnWith("pqrstuvwxyz","p"))
echo "True! It begins with p!";
else
echo "False! It isn't beginning with p!";
?>Output
The following is the output −
True! It begins with p!
Updated on: 30-Dec-2019
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