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How to Check if a String Contains a Specific Word in PHP

This snippet will help you to check whether a string contains a specific word or not.

You can apply the strpos() function for checking if a string contains a certain word.

This function is capable of returning the position of the first occurrence of a substring inside a string. In the case of not detecting the substring, false is returned. But, the positions of the string begin from 0 and not 1. For a better perception of this function, check out the example below:

. <?php
. $word = "fox";
. mystring = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";
. // Test whether the string contains the word
. if(strpos($mystring, $word) !== false){
.  echo "Word Found!";
. } else{
. echo "Word Not Found!";
. }
. ?>

Defining the Strpos() Function¶

The strpos() function helps to detect the position of the first occurrence of a string inside another one.

This function is considered case-sensitive and binary-safe.

Also, you can meet functions relative to strpos(). Among them are:

• strrpos(): aimed at detecting the position of a string’s last occurrence inside another string.
• stripos(): aimed at detecting the position of a string’s first occurrence inside another string.
• strripos(): aimed at detecting the position of a string’s last occurrence inside another string.

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