mb_substr_count
(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
mb_substr_count — Count the number of substring occurrences
Description
$haystack, string $needle, ?string $encoding = null): int
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
encodingparameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted ornull, the internal character encoding value will be used.
Return Values
The number of times the
needle substring occurs in the
haystack string.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 |
encoding is nullable now.
|
Examples
Example #1 mb_substr_count() example
<?php
echo mb_substr_count("This is a test", "is"); // prints out 2
?>
See Also
- mb_strpos() - Find position of first occurrence of string in a string
- mb_substr() - Get part of string
- substr_count() - Count the number of substring occurrences

