(PHP 8)
str_starts_with — Checks if a string starts with a given substring
Performs a case-sensitive check indicating if
haystack
begins with needle
.
haystack
The string to search in.
needle
The substring to search for in the haystack
.
Example #1 Using the empty string ''
<?phpif (str_starts_with('abc', '')) { echo "All strings start with the empty string";}?>
The above example will output:
All strings start with the empty string
Example #2 Showing case-sensitivity
<?php$string = 'The lazy fox jumped over the fence';if (str_starts_with($string, 'The')) { echo "The string starts with 'The'\n";}if (str_starts_with($string, 'the')) { echo 'The string starts with "the"';} else { echo '"the" was not found because the case does not match';}?>
The above example will output:
The string starts with 'The' "the" was not found because the case does not match
Note: This function is binary-safe.