Check if a string starts with a specific pattern

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Some languages such as Java have a startWith method/function which allows you to check if a string starts with a specific pattern. Unfortunately, PHP does not have a similar built-in function.

Whatever- we just have to build our own, which is very simple: 1.``function String_Begins_With(``$needle``, ``$haystack {

2.``return (``substr``(``$haystack``, 0, ``strlen``(``$needle``))==``$needle``);

3.``} Source: http://snipplr.com/view.php?codeview&id=2143