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PHP

Rifqi Fahmi
Rifqi Fahmi
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Posted by Rifqi Fahmi
Rifqi Fahmi
23,164 Points

what is 'needle' and 'haystack' in PHP ??

I found that in php manual there are $needle and $haystack such as

<?php string strstr ( string $haystack , mixed $needle [, bool $before_needle = false ] ) ?>

Can anyone explain what are needle and haystack mean ??? Thankyou :D

1 Answer

Sanjay Nair
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Sanjay Nair
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Sanjay Nair
Sanjay Nair
Courses Plus Student 2,477 Points

Rifqi Fahmi $haystack is the search array or the char sequence. $needle -- is what you want to search in the char sequence $haystack.

Check the example on php manual for more clarity: http://php.net/manual/en/function.strstr.php

<?php $email = 'name@example.com'; $domain = strstr($email, '@'); echo $domain; // prints @example.com

$user = strstr($email, '@', true); // As of PHP 5.3.0 echo $user; // prints name ?>