stristr() - string

Returns all of haystack starting from and including the first
   occurrence of needle to the end.

Parameters : 
 haystack - The string to search in 
 needle - If needle is not a string, it is converted to
       an integer and applied as the ordinal value of a character. 
 before_needle - If TRUE, stristr()
       returns the part of the haystack before the
       first occurrence of the needle (excluding needle). 

Syntax

string stristr
    ( string $haystack
   , mixed $needle
   [, bool $before_needle = false
  ] )

Example

<?php  $email = 'USER@EXAMPLE.com';  echo stristr($email, 'e'); // outputs ER@EXAMPLE.com  echo stristr($email, 'e', true); // As of PHP 5.3.0, outputs US?>

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