note 74683 added to function.count-chars

a function which counts the number of a character in a string: function countCharInString($str,$chr) { foreach(count_chars($str) as $el=>$val) if(chr($el)==$chr) return $val; return 0; } echo countCharInString("hello world","l"); this will output: 3 ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 195.22.236.216 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.count-chars.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/74683 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74683/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74683/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74683/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74683/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74683/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74683/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74683 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/74683 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php