Use of the PHP substr_count() function

 Counts how many times a substring occurs in a string in PHP

The substr_count() is a built-in function in PHP and is used to count the number of times a substring occurs in a given string. The function also provides us with an option to search for the given substring in a given range of the index. It is case sensitive, i.e., the “abc” substring is not present in the string “Abcab”. If the (start+length) value specified for search exceeds the size of the passed string, it returns a warning message to the user.

 

Syntax:

substr_count($string, $substring, $start, $length);

Parameters: This function accepts four parameters as shown in the above syntax and described below.

• $string – The string passed in the parameter is the one in which the substring’s occurrence is counted. This parameter is mandatory to be supplied.
• $substring – The substring passed in the parameter is searched is the string and the occurrence count is returned. This parameter is mandatory to be supplied.
• $start – This parameter is optional. If this parameter is passed, then the search is done starting from the start position instead of searching the whole string for the occurrence of a substring.
• $length – This parameter is optional. The parameter is dependent on start. It limits the search operation from start to start+length position. If the value of start+length increases the length of the string, then a warning message is generated

 

Return Value: This function can return different values as shown below in different cases.

• The number of times the given substring appears in the string if optional parameters are not passed.
• The number of times the substring appears in the string from the start to the end position when start is passed in parameter.
• The number of times the substring appears in the string from the start to the start+length position when start and length both parameters are passed.

 

Example 1: When both optional parameters are not passed.
<?php // PHP program to demonstrate the substr_count() function
$string = "Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.";
echo substr_count($string, 'man'); // Outputs: 2
?>

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