Work with Strings in PHP

PHP is a Hypertext-preprocessor. A string can be used directly in a function or it can be stored in a variable. Here in this articles we will use the XAMPP sever to run the php scripting.

Strings in PHP

With a string variable we can store and manipulate text. String variable are used to contain the characters.

Let us see the various kind of functionality available with strings in PHP.

• String variable
• String Length
• String Position
• String Replace
• String Toupper
• String ucfirst
• String Trim

Program

This is the php scripting to understand the functionality.

<html>
<head></head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffCC">
<h3> PHP STRINGS </h3>
<hr/>
<?php
echo " String variable myString : ";
$myString = "Text of a String variable !";
echo $myString;
?> <br><br><hr>
<?php
echo "String Length(): length of DEEPAK DWIJ is -->";
echo strlen("DEEPAK DWIJ");
?> <br><br><hr>
<?php
echo "String Position() : Position of dwij in Deepak dwij is -->";
echo strpos("Deepak dwij","dwij");
?> <br><br><hr>
<?php
echo "Replace() : Deep is replaced by Deepak dwij -->";
$myString = "My name is Deep";
echo str_replace("Deep", "Deepak dwij", $myString);
?> <br><br><hr>
<?php
echo "String Toupper() : deepak is change to DEEPAK --> ";
$myString = "deepak";
echo strtoupper($myString);
?><br><br><hr>
<?php
echo "UCfirst() : deepak is change to Deepak --> ";
$myString = "deepak";
echo ucfirst($myString);
?> <br><br><hr>
<?php
echo"StringTrim() : ";
$myString = " Deepak! ";
echo trim($myString);
?>
</body>
</html>

Saved it by string.php.

Result of string.php scripting

The above script look like as under when it runs on browser: