(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)
mb_substr_count — Count the number of substring occurrences
$haystack
, string $needle
[, string $encoding
= mb_internal_encoding()
] ) : int
Counts the number of times the
needle
substring occurs in the
haystack
string.
haystack
The string being checked.
needle
The string being found.
encoding
The encoding
parameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted, the internal character
encoding value will be used.
The number of times the
needle
substring occurs in the
haystack
string.
Example #1 mb_substr_count() example
<?php
echo mb_substr_count("This is a test", "is"); // prints out 2
?>