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Description

UTF-8 aware alternative to strpos Find position of first occurrence of a string

Syntax

static strpos($str, $search, $offset=FALSE)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$str		- string String being examined
$search		- string String being searced for
$offset	FALSE	- int Optional, specifies the position from which the search should be performed

Returns

mixed Number of characters before the first match or FALSE on failure

Defined in

libraries/joomla/utilities/string.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.utilities.string' );

Source Body

public static function strpos($str, $search, $offset = FALSE)
{
        if ( $offset === FALSE ) {
                return utf8_strpos($str, $search);
        } else {
                return utf8_strpos($str, $search, $offset);
        }
}