PHP 7.0.6 Released

    mb_substr_count

    (PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)

    mb_substr_count — Count the number of substring occurrences

    Description

    int mb_substr_count ( string $haystack , string $needle [, string $encoding = mb_internal_encoding() ] )

    Counts the number of times the needle substring occurs in the haystack string.

    Parameters

    haystack

    The string being checked.

    needle

    The string being found.

    encoding

    The encoding parameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted, the internal character encoding value will be used.

    Return Values

    The number of times the needle substring occurs in the haystack string.

    Examples

    Example #1 mb_substr_count() example

    <?php
    echo mb_substr_count("This is a test", "is"); // prints out 2
    ?>

    See Also

    User Contributed Notes

    There are no user contributed notes for this page.
    To Top