PHP to check substring in a string

To check substring in a string, the code is as follows in PHP −

Example

 Live Demo

<?php    $subStr = "Mother";    $str = "How I Met Your Mother";    echo "String = $str";    echo "
Substring = $subStr";    if(strpos($str, $subStr) !== false){       echo "
Substring found successfully";    } else{       echo "
Substring not found";    } ?>

Output

This will produce the following output−

String = How I Met Your Mother Substring = Mother Substring found successfully

Example

Let us now see another example −

 Live Demo

<?php    $subStr = "Ocean";    $str = "In the Heart of Sea";    echo "String = $str";    echo "
Substring = $subStr";    if(strpos($str, $subStr) !== false){       echo "
Substring found successfully";    } else{       echo "
Substring not found";    } ?>

Output

This will produce the following output−

String = In the Heart of Sea Substring = Ocean Substring not found