PHP String Function

To get the length of the string, type:

$lol = "lady gaga";

echo strlen($lol);

output>> 9

To get part of the string,

echo substr("Holla World",6);    // substr(text, start)

output>> World
echo substr("Holla World",6,2);    // substr(text, start, length)
output>> Wo

To get the position of the specified string in a text, type:

echo strpos("Holla World","Wo"); // strpos(text,searched,[start])

output>> 6

echo strpos("Holla World","o",1);

output>> 2
        
To break a string into array, type:

print_r(explode(" ","Holla World"));    // explode(separator, 

                                        // string);

output>> Array ( [0] => Holla [1] => World ) 

               

PHP String Function