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    PHP

    (Web Development Technology)


    Searching string
    str_contains()
    str_contains — Determine if a string contains a given substring
    Description
    str_contains ( string $haystack , string $needle ) : bool
    Performs a case-sensitive check indicating if needle is contained in haystack.

    Parameters
    haystack
    The string to search in.

    needle
    The substring to search for in the haystack.
    Return Values
    Returns true if needle is in haystack, false otherwise.
    <?php
    $string = 'The lazy fox jumped over the fence';

    if (str_contains($string, 'lazy')) {
        echo "The string 'lazy' was found in the string\n";
    }

    if (str_contains($string, 'Lazy')) {
        echo 'The string "Lazy" was found in the string';
    } else {
        echo '"Lazy" was not found because the case does not match';
    }

    ?>
    Replacing String

    str_replace()
    The str_replace() function replaces some characters with some other characters in a string.
    This function works by the following rules:
    •If the string to be searched is an array, it returns an array
    •If the string to be searched is an array, find and replace is performed with every array
    element
    •If both find and replace are arrays, and replace has fewer elements than find, an empty
    string will be used as replace
    •If find is an array and replace is a string, the replace string will be used for every find
    value
    Note: 
    This function is case-sensitive. Use the str_ireplace() function to perform a case-insensitive
    search.
    Syntax

    str_replace(find,replace,string,count)

    Parameter Values

    Parameter Description
    find Required. Specifies the value to find
    replace Required. Specifies the value to replace the value in find
    string Required. Specifies the string to be searched
    count Optional. A variable that counts the number of replacements
    Example

    <?php
    echo str_replace("world","Peter","Hello world!");
    ?>

    Example

    Using str_replace() with an array and a count variable:

    <?php
    $arr = array("blue","red","green","yellow");
    print_r(str_replace("red","pink",$arr,$i));
    echo "Replacements: $i";
    ?>
    Formatting String

    The sprintf() function is used to output a formatted string.

    Syntax

    sprintf(format, arg1, arg2, arg++)

    Parameters

    format − Specifies the string and how to format the variables in it.

    The following are the possible format values −


    •%% - Returns a percent sign
    •%b - Binary number
    •%c - The character according to the ASCII value
    •%d - Signed decimal number (negative, zero or positive)
    •%e - Scientific notation using a lowercase (e.g. 1.2e+2)
    •%E - Scientific notation using a uppercase (e.g. 1.2E+2)
    •%u - Unsigned decimal number (equal to or greater than zero)
    •%f - Floating-point number (local settings aware)
    •%F - Floating-point number (not local settings aware)
    •%g - shorter of %e and %f
    •%G - shorter of %E and %f
    •%o - Octal number
    •%s - String
    •%x - Hexadecimal number (lowercase letters)
    •%X - Hexadecimal number (uppercase letters)

    •argument1 − The argument to be inserted at the first %-sign in the format string.
    •argument2 − The argument to be inserted at the second %-sign in the format
    string.

    Return
    The sprintf() function returns a formatted string.
    Example

    <?php
    $val = 299;
    $txt = sprintf("%f",$val);
    echo $txt;
    ?>

    Example
    Let us see another example −

    <?php
    $val = 768776;
    $char = 95;
    echo sprintf("%%b = %b",$val)."<br>";
    echo sprintf("%%c = %c",$char);
    ?>
    PHP Superglobal - $_REQUEST

    PHP $_REQUEST is a PHP super global variable which is used to collect


    data after submitting an HTML form.

    The example below shows a form with an input field and a submit button.
    When a user submits the data by clicking on "Submit", the form data is sent
    to the file specified in the action attribute of the <form> tag. In this example,
    we point to this file itself for processing form data. If you wish to use
    another PHP file to process form data, replace that with the filename of your
    choice. Then, we can use the super global variable $_REQUEST to collect
    the value of the input field:
    Example
    <html>
    <body>
    <form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>">
      Name: <input type="text" name="fname">
      <input type="submit">
    </form>
    <?php
    if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
      // collect value of input field
      $name = $_REQUEST['fname'];
      if (empty($name)) {
        echo "Name is empty";
      } else {
        echo $name;
      }
    }
    ?>
    </body>
    </html>

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