It replaces some characters in a string (case-insensitive)

Example

<?php
echo  str_ireplace(“phpcodez”, “phpcode”, “phpcodez”);
?>

Output

phpcode

It parse a CSV string into an array

Example

<?php
echo “<pre>”;
print_r(str_getcsv(“php,code”));
?>

Output

fiArray
(
[0] => php
[1] => code
)

It parses input from a string according to a format

Example

<?php
$string = “first:php second:code”;
sscanf($string,”%s%s”,$first,$second);
echo $first.$second;
?>

Output

first:phpsecond:code

It returns a formatted string

Example

<?php
parse_str(“first=php&second=code”);
echo sprintf(“%s%s”,$first,$second);
?>

Output

phpcode

It calculates the  soundex key of a string

Example

<?php
echo soundex(“phpcode”);
?>

Output

P123

It calculates the similarity between two strings

Example

<?php
echo similar_text(“phpcode”,”phpcodez”);
?>

Output

7

It calculates the SHA-1 hash of a file

Example

<?php
echo sha1(“phpcode”);
?>

Output

1786808aabe8b4f824ef2741a9e63bf8212e52d3

It calculates the SHA-1 hash of a file

Example

<?php
echo sha1_file(“test.txt”);
?>

Output

1786808aabe8b4f824ef2741a9e63bf8212e52d3

It sets locale information

Example

<?php
echo setlocale(LC_ALL,”En-Us”);
?>

It strips whitespace from the end of a string

Example

<?php
echo rtrim(“phpcode  “);
?>

Output

phpcode