note 47276 added to ref.strings

I use these little doo-dads quite a bit. I just thought I'd share them and maybe save someone a little time. No biggy. :) // returns true if $str begins with $sub function beginsWith( $str, $sub ) { return ( substr( $str, 0, strlen( $sub ) ) == $sub ); } // return tru if $str ends with $sub function endsWith( $str, $sub ) { return ( substr( $str, strlen( $str ) - strlen( $sub ) ) == $sub ); } // trims off x chars from the front of a string // or the matching string in $off is trimmed off function trimOffFront( $off, $str ) { if( is_numeric( $off ) ) return substr( $str, $off ); else return substr( $str, strlen( $off ) ); } // trims off x chars from the end of a string // or the matching string in $off is trimmed off function trimOffEnd( $off, $str ) { if( is_numeric( $off ) ) return substr( $str, 0, strlen( $str ) - $off ); else return substr( $str, 0, strlen( $str ) - strlen( $off ) ); } ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.strings.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+47276 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47276&report=yes Reason: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47276&report=yes&reason=bad+code Reason: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47276&report=yes&reason=spam Reason: useless example -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47276&report=yes&reason=useless+example Reason: contains commercial links -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47276&report=yes&reason=contains+commercial+links Reason: useless note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47276&report=yes&reason=useless+note Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+47276&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php