note 27478 deleted from function.stristr by danbrown

Note Submitter: sam_at_compasspointmedia.com ---- This function is tricky! The problem lies when the haystack is a string and the needle is a number. I found out the hard way: This expression: echo $spy = stristr("James Bond 007","007"); will return "007": but this will not: echo $spy = stristr("James Bond 007",007); because 007 is interpreted as a number. Tricky, right? Even if the first parameter could be interpreted as a number, but the second parameter is in quotes, it won't work. For example: echo stristr("555007",007); will not return anything. but this will by the way... echo $spy = stristr(555007,"007");