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  <refentry id="function.strcasecmp">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>strcasecmp</refname>
    <refpurpose>
     Binary safe case-insensitive string comparison
    </refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>int</type><methodname>strcasecmp</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>str1</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>str2</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     Returns &lt; 0 if <parameter>str1</parameter> is less than
     <parameter>str2</parameter>; &gt; 0 if <parameter>str1</parameter>
     is greater than <parameter>str2</parameter>, and 0 if they are
     equal.
     <example>
      <title><function>strcasecmp</function> example</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$var1 = "Hello";
$var2 = "hello";
if (strcasecmp($var1, $var2) == 0) {
    echo '$var1 is equal to $var2 in a case-insensitive string comparison';
}
?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
    <simpara>
     See also <function>ereg</function>, <function>strcmp</function>,
     <function>substr</function>, <function>stristr</function>,
     <function>strncasecmp</function>, and
     <function>strstr</function>.
    </simpara>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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