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  <refentry id="function.mb-substr-count">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>mb_substr_count</refname>
    <refpurpose>Count the number of substring occurrences</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>int</type><methodname>mb_substr_count</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>haystack</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>needle</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>encoding</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     <function>mb_substr_count</function> returns the number of times the
     <parameter>needle</parameter> substring occurs in the
     <parameter>haystack</parameter> string.
    </para>
    <para>
     <parameter>encoding</parameter> specifies the encoding for
     <parameter>needle</parameter> and <parameter>haystack</parameter>.
     If omitted, internal character encoding is used.
    </para>
    <para>
     <example>
      <title><function>mb_substr_count</function> example</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
echo mb_substr_count("This is a test", "is"); // prints out 2
?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
    <simpara>
     See also <function>substr_count</function>,
     <function>mb_strpos</function>, <function>mb_substr</function>.
    </simpara>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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