diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/stristr.xml b/reference/strings/functions/stristr.xml
index 5d970103fb..e1c034aba1 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/stristr.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/stristr.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.8 -->
   <refentry id="function.stristr">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -35,10 +35,39 @@
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
   $email = 'USER@EXAMPLE.com';
-  $domain = stristr($email, 'e');
-  echo $domain; 
+  echo stristr($email, 'e');
 // outputs ER@EXAMPLE.com
 ?>
+]]>
+      </programlisting>
+     </example> 
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     <example>
+      <title>Testing if a string is found or not</title>
+      <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+  $string = 'Hello World!';
+  if(stristr($string, 'earth') === FALSE) {
+    echo '"earth" not found in string';
+  }
+// outputs: "earth" not found in string
+?>
+]]>
+      </programlisting>
+     </example> 
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     <example>
+      <title>Using a non "string" needle</title>
+      <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+  $string = 'APPLE';
+  echo stristr($string, 97); // 97 = lowercase a
+// outputs: APPLE
+?>
 ]]>
       </programlisting>
      </example>