Check if a string starts with a specific pattern
Language:: PHP Type::snippet Back-end
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.``}
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