String Functions in PHP: Part 13

Introduction

In this article I describe the PHP string functions quotemeta, rtrim and setlocal. To learn some other math functions, go to:

PHP quotemeta() Function

The PHP string quotemeta() function returns the string with meta characters quoted or say it adds backslashes in front of some predefined characters in a string.

Syntax

quotemeta(string)

Parameter in quotemeta Function

The parameters of the quotemeta function is:

Parameter	Description
strings	It specifies the string to check.

Example

An example of the quotemeta function is:

<?php

$str = "Mcn Solution. (PVT LTD)";

echo quotemeta($str);

Output

PHP rtrim() Function

The PHP rtrim function will remove whitespace or other characters from the end of the string.

Syntax

rtrim(string,charlist)

Parameter in rtrim Function

The parameters of the rtrim function are:

Parameter	Description
string	It specifies the string to check.
arg1	It specifies which characters to remove from the string.

Example

An example of the rtrim function is:

<?php

$str = "MCN Solution! ";

echo "Without rtrim: " . $str;

echo "<br />";

echo "With rtrim: " . rtrim($str);

Output

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PHP setlocal() Function

The PHP setlocal function is used to set local information.

Syntax

setlocal(constant, location)

Parameter in setlocal Function

The parameters of the setlocal function are:

Parameter	Description
constant	It specifies what local information should be set.
location	It specifies what country or region to set the locale information to. Can be a string or an array.

Example

An example of the setlocal function is:

<?php

echo setlocale(LC_ALL,NULL);

?>

Output