note 130616 added to function.str-starts-with

Here is a shim for older php versions. It works for php 5.4 and above. <?php if (!function_exists('str_starts_with')) { function str_starts_with($haystack, $needle) { $haystackArray = str_split($haystack); $needleArray = str_split($needle); $matches = []; foreach ($needleArray as $offset => $needleChar) { if(!array_key_exists($offset, $haystackArray)){ break; } $haystackChar = $haystackArray[$offset]; if ($needleChar === $haystackChar) { $matches[$offset] = $haystackChar; continue; } if ($needleChar !== $haystackChar) { break; } } if (empty($matches)) { return false; } return true; } } $string = 'The lazy fox jumped over the fence'; if (str_starts_with($string, 'The')) { echo "The string starts with 'The'\n"; } ---- Server IP: 206.189.2.9 Probable Submitter: 145.53.244.24 ---- Manual Page -- https://php.net/manual/en/function.str-starts-with.php Edit -- https://main.php.net/note/edit/130616 Del: integrated -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/130616/integrated Del: useless -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/130616/useless Del: bad code -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/130616/bad+code Del: spam -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/130616/spam Del: non-english -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/130616/non-english Del: in docs -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/130616/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://main.php.net/note/delete/130616 Reject -- https://main.php.net/note/reject/130616 Search -- https://main.php.net/manage/user-notes.php