PHP String Function

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Here is the information on some of the PHP String Information -

addcslashes() - Returns a string with backslashes in front of the specified characters
addslashes() - Returns a string with backslashes in front of predefined characters
bin2hex() - Converts a string of ASCII characters to hexadecimal values
chop() - Alias of rtrim()
chr() - Returns a character from a specified ASCII value
chunk_split() - Splits a string into a series of smaller parts
convert_cyr_string() - Converts a string from one Cyrillic character-set to another
convert_uudecode() - Decodes a uuencoded string
convert_uuencode() - Encodes a string using the uuencode algorithm
count_chars() - Returns how many times an ASCII character occurs within a string and returns the information
crc32() - Calculates a 32-bit CRC for a string
crypt() - One-way string encryption (hashing)
echo() - Outputs strings
explode() - Breaks a string into an array
fprintf() - Writes a formatted string to a specified output stream
get_html_translation_table() - Returns the translation table used by htmlspecialchars() and htmlentities()
hebrev() - Converts Hebrew text to visual text
hebrevc() - Converts Hebrew text to visual text and new lines (\n) into <br />
html_entity_decode() - Converts HTML entities to characters
htmlentities() - Converts characters to HTML entities
htmlspecialchars_decode() - Converts some predefined HTML entities to characters
htmlspecialchars() - Converts some predefined characters to HTML entities
implode() - Returns a string from the elements of an array
join() - Alias of implode()
levenshtein() - Returns the Levenshtein distance between two strings
localeconv() - Returns locale numeric and monetary formatting information
ltrim() - Strips whitespace from the left side of a string
md5() - Calculates the MD5 hash of a string
md5_file() - Calculates the MD5 hash of a file
metaphone() - Calculates the metaphone key of a string
money_format() - Returns a string formatted as a currency string
nl_langinfo() - Returns specific local information
nl2br() - Inserts HTML line breaks in front of each newline in a string
number_format() - Formats a number with grouped thousands
ord() - Returns the ASCII value of the first character of a string
parse_str() - Parses a query string into variables
print() - Outputs a string
printf() - Outputs a formatted string
quoted_printable_decode() - Decodes a quoted-printable string
quotemeta() - Quotes meta characters
rtrim() - Strips whitespace from the right side of a string
setlocale() - Sets locale information
sha1() - Calculates the SHA-1 hash of a string
sha1_file() - Calculates the SHA-1 hash of a file
similar_text() - Calculates the similarity between two strings
soundex() - Calculates the soundex key of a string
sprintf() - Writes a formatted string to a variable
sscanf() - Parses input from a string according to a format
str_ireplace() - Replaces some characters in a string (case-insensitive)
str_pad() - Pads a string to a new length
str_repeat() - Repeats a string a specified number of times
str_replace() - Replaces some characters in a string (case-sensitive)
str_rot1 () - Performs the ROT1 encoding on a string
str_shuffle() - Randomly shuffles all characters in a string
str_split() - Splits a string into an array
str_word_count() - Count the number of words in a string
strcasecmp() - Compares two strings (case-insensitive)
strchr() - Finds the first occurrence of a string inside another string (alias of strstr())
strcmp() - Compares two strings (case-sensitive)
strcoll() - Locale based string comparison
strcspn() - Returns the number of characters found in a string before any part of some specified characters are found
strip_tags() - Strips HTML and PHP tags from a string
stripcslashes() - Unquotes a string quoted with addcslashes()
stripslashes() - Unquotes a string quoted with addslashes()
stripos() - Returns the position of the first occurrence of a string inside another string (case-insensitive)
stristr() - Finds the first occurrence of a string inside another string (case-insensitive)
strlen() - Returns the length of a string
strnatcasecmp() - Compares two strings using a "natural order" algorithm (case-insensitive)
strnatcmp() - Compares two strings using a "natural order" algorithm (case-sensitive)
strncasecmp() - String comparison of the first n characters (case-insensitive)
strncmp() - String comparison of the first n characters (case-sensitive)
strpbrk() - Searches a string for any of a set of characters
strpos() - Returns the position of the first occurrence of a string inside another string(case-sensitive)
strrchr() - Finds the last occurrence of a string inside another string
strrev() - Reverses a string
strripos() - Finds the position of the last occurrence of a string inside another string - (case-insensitive)
strrpos() - Finds the position of the last occurrence of a string inside another string(case-sensitive)
strspn() - Returns the number of characters found in a string that contains only characters from a specified charlist
strstr() - Finds the first occurrence of a string inside another string (case-sensitive)
strtok() - Splits a string into smaller strings
strtolower() - Converts a string to lowercase letters
strtoupper() - Converts a string to uppercase letters
strtr() - Translates certain characters in a string
substr() - Returns a part of a string
substr_compare() - Compares two strings from a specified start position (binary safe and optionally (case-sensitive)
substr_count() - Counts the number of times a substring occurs in a string
substr_replace() - Replaces a part of a string with another string
trim() - Strips whitespace from both sides of a string
ucfirst() - Converts the first character of a string to uppercase
ucwords() - Converts the first character of each word in a string to uppercase
vfprintf() - Writes a formatted string to a specified output stream
vprintf() - Outputs a formatted string
vsprintf() - Writes a formatted string to a variable
wordwrap() - Wraps a string to a given number of characters