PHP

php string starts with

//php check if first four characters of a string = http
substr( $http, 0, 4 ) === "http";
//php check if first five characters of a string = https
substr( $https, 0, 5 ) === "https";

php string starts with

//php check if first characters of $str = "test"
$str = "test demo";
str_starts_with($str, "test");

Check if a String Starts With a Specified String in PHP

phpCopy<?php
  $string = "Mr. Peter";
  if(strncmp($string, "Mr.", 3) === 0){
      echo "The string starts with the desired substring.";
  }else 
      echo "The string does not start with the desired substring.";
?>

startsWith() and endsWith() functions in PHP

function startsWith($haystack, $needle)
{
     $length = strlen($needle);
     return (substr($haystack, 0, $length) === $needle);
}

function endsWith($haystack, $needle)
{
    $length = strlen($needle);
    if ($length == 0) {
        return true;
    }

    return (substr($haystack, -$length) === $needle);
}

Check if a String Starts With a Specified String in PHP

phpCopy<?php
  $string = "Mr. Peter";
  if(substr($string, 0, 3) === "Mr."){
      echo "The string starts with the desired substring.";
  }else 
      echo "The string does not start with the desired substring.";
?>

php 7 starts with

You can use this in PHP versions less than 8.

<?php
function str_starts_with ( $haystack, $needle ) {
  return strpos( $haystack , $needle ) === 0;
}

Check if a String Starts With a Specified String in PHP

phpCopy<?php
  $string = "Mr. Peter";
  if(strpos( $string, "Mr." ) === 0){
      echo "The string starts with the desired substring.";
  }else 
      echo "The string does not start with the desired substring.";
?>

php str starts with

substr($string, 0, strlen($query)) === $query

Check if a String Starts With a Specified String in PHP

phpCopy<?php
  $string = "mr. Peter";
  if(strncasecmp($string, "Mr.", 3) === 0){
      echo "The string starts with the desired substring.";
  }else 
      echo "The string does not start with the desired substring.";
?>