note 64791 added to function.strstr

In response to: john :: beech :: at :: mkv25 :: dot :: net Your function returns the portion of a string that occurs BEFORE the needle, a different approach to the same means could be... <?php //returns portion of 'haystack' occuring before passed 'needle' function grabStart($haystack,$needle) { return strrev(ltrim(strstr(strrev($haystack),$needle),$needle)); } //Example: $haystack = 'Hello Buddy, I like you'; $needle = ','; echo(grabStart($haystack,$needle)); //outputs 'Hello Buddy' ?> ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 207.137.19.2 ---- X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER autolearn=no version=2.64 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strstr.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/note/edit/64791 Del: integrated -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64791/integrated Del: useless -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64791/useless Del: bad code -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64791/bad+code Del: spam -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64791/spam Del: non-english -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64791/non-english Del: in docs -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64791/in+docs Del: other reasons-- http://master.php.net/note/delete/64791 Reject -- http://master.php.net/note/reject/64791 Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php