substr_count

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

substr_count -- Count the number of substring occurrences

Description

int substr_count ( string haystack, string needle )

substr_count() returns the number of times the needle substring occurs in the haystack string. Please note that needle is case sensitive.

Example 1. substr_count() example

<?php
echo substr_count("This is a test", "is"); // prints out 2
?>

See also count_chars(), strpos(), substr(), and strstr().