strncmp
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
strncmp — Binary safe string comparison of the first n characters
Description
int strncmp ( string $str1 , string $str2 , int $len )
Note that this comparison is case sensitive.
Parameters
- str1
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The first string.
- str2
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The second string.
- len
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Number of characters to use in the comparison.
Return Values
Returns < 0 if str1 is less than str2 ; > 0 if str1 is greater than str2 , and 0 if they are equal.