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  <refname>mb_strstr</refname>
  <refpurpose>Finds first occurrence of a string within another</refpurpose>
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  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>string</type><methodname>mb_strstr</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>haystack</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>needle</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>before_needle</parameter><initializer>&false;</initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>encoding</parameter><initializer>mb_internal_encoding()</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>mb_strstr</function> finds the first occurrence of
   <parameter>needle</parameter> in <parameter>haystack</parameter>
   and returns the portion of <parameter>haystack</parameter>.
   If <parameter>needle</parameter> is not found, it returns &false;.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
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  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>haystack</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The string from which to get the first occurrence
       of <parameter>needle</parameter>
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>needle</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The string to find in <parameter>haystack</parameter>
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>before_needle</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Determines which portion of <parameter>haystack</parameter>
       this function returns. 
       If set to &true;, it returns all of  <parameter>haystack</parameter>
       from the beginning to the first occurrence of <parameter>needle</parameter> (excluding needle).
       If set to &false;, it returns all of <parameter>haystack</parameter>
       from the first occurrence of <parameter>needle</parameter> to the end (including needle).
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>encoding</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Character encoding name to use.
       If it is omitted, internal character encoding is used.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
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  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the portion of <parameter>haystack</parameter>,
   or &false; if <parameter>needle</parameter> is not found.
  </para>
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       <entry>&Version;</entry>
       <entry>&Description;</entry>
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       <entry>Description of change</entry>
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Use the PEAR Coding Standards
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 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>stristr</function></member>
    <member><function>strstr</function></member>
    <member><function>mb_stristr</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
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