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mb_substr_count

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

mb_substr_count — Count the number of substring occurrences

Description

mb_substr_count(string $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 encoding parameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted or null, 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

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https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mb-substr-count.php