strpbrk

Search a string for any of a set of characters

&reftitle.description; ``string``false```strpbrk` `string` `string` `string` `characters`

`strpbrk` searches the `string` string for a `characters`.

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`string`

- The string where `characters` is looked for.

`characters`

- This parameter is case sensitive.

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Returns a string starting from the character found, or &false; if it is not found.

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### `strpbrk` example

    <?php

    $text = 'This is a Simple text.';

    // this echoes "is is a Simple text." because 'i' is matched first
    echo strpbrk($text, 'mi');

    // this echoes "Simple text." because chars are case sensitive
    echo strpbrk($text, 'S');
    ?>

&reftitle.seealso;

- `strpos`
- `strstr`
- `preg_match`