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What is the PHP stripos() equivalent in MySQL?
The stripos() equivalent in MySQL is INSTR(), which returns the position of the first occurrence of a string in another string. Following is the syntax −
select instr(yourColumnName,yourWord) As anyAliasName from yourTableName;
Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable -> ( -> Title text -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.22 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('MySQL is my favourite subject'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('MongoDB is not my favourite subject'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
output
+-------------------------------------+ | Title | +-------------------------------------+ | MySQL is my favourite subject | | MongoDB is not my favourite subject | +-------------------------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Here is the query to get the stripos() equivalent in MySQL returning the position of the first occurrence of the a string −
mysql> select instr(Title,'favourite') As Position from DemoTable;
Output
+----------+ | Position | +----------+ | 13 | | 19 | +----------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
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