diff --git a/functions/filesystem.xml b/functions/filesystem.xml
index 4cb44d6c47..06c497360d 100644
--- a/functions/filesystem.xml
+++ b/functions/filesystem.xml
@@ -1913,6 +1913,16 @@ $tmpfname = tempnam ("/tmp", "FOO");
     </para>
     <para>
      Returns true on success and false otherwise.
+     <example>
+      <title><function>touch</function> example</title>
+      <programlisting role="php">
+if ( touch($FileName) ) {
+  print "$FileName modification time has been changed to todays date and time";
+} else {
+  print "Sorry Could Not change modification time of $FileName";
+}
+      </programlisting>
+     </example>
     </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
diff --git a/functions/strings.xml b/functions/strings.xml
index 75cf19b4fb..eda334f820 100644
--- a/functions/strings.xml
+++ b/functions/strings.xml
@@ -1771,7 +1771,16 @@ echo str_repeat("-=", 10);
      If <parameter>needle</parameter> is not found, returns false.</para>
     <para>
      If <parameter>needle</parameter> is not a string, it is converted
-     to an integer and applied as the ordinal value of a character.</para>
+     to an integer and applied as the ordinal value of a character.
+    <example>
+      <title><function>strstr</function> example</title>
+      <programlisting>
+    $email = 'sterling@designmultimedia.com';
+    $domain = strstr($email, '@');
+    print $domain; // prints designmultimedia.com
+      </programlisting>
+     </example> 
+    </para>
     <para>
      See also <function>stristr</function>,
      <function>strrchr</function>, <function>substr</function>, and
@@ -1843,6 +1852,12 @@ echo str_repeat("-=", 10);
      Note that 'alphabetic' is determined by the current locale. This
      means that in i.e. the default "C" locale, characters such as
      umlaut-A (Ä) will not be converted.</para>
+    <example>
+		<title><function>strtolower</function> example</title>
+    <programlisting>
+   $str = "Mary Had A Little Lamb and She LOVED It So";
+   $str = strtolower($str);	
+   print $str; # Prints mary had a little lamb and she loved it so
     <para>
      See also <function>strtoupper</function>
      and <function>ucfirst</function>.</para>