mb_stripos

FunctionParams and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Finds position of first occurrence of a string within another, case insensitive.

PHP 5
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2-8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

mb_stripos Function synopsis

mb_stripos(
    string $haystack,
    string $needle,
    int $offset = 0,
    ?string $encoding = null
  ): int|false

Parameters

$haystack

Typestring

The string from which to get the position of the first occurrence of $needle

$needle

Typestring

The string to find in $haystack

$offset

OptionalTypeintDefault value0

The position in $haystack to start searching. A negative offset counts from the end of the string.

$encoding

OptionalType?stringDefault valuenull

Return value

Typeint|false

Return the numeric position of the first occurrence of $needle in the $haystack string, or false if $needle is not found.

Changes to the mb_stripos Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: int|false
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($haystack): string
  • Parameter type added for parameter #2 ($needle): string
  • Parameter type added for parameter #3 ($offset): int
  • Parameter default value added for position #3 ($offset): 0
  • Parameter type added for parameter #4 ($encoding): ?string
  • Parameter default value added for position #4 ($encoding): null
  mb_stripos(
-     $haystack,
+     string $haystack,
-     $needle,
+     string $needle,
-     $offset,
+     int $offset = 0,
-     $encoding
+     ?string $encoding = null
-   )
+   ): int|false

mb_stripos Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.4Supported Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported Yes