Core Function Between

Between( <haystack>, <firstneedle>, <secondneedle>, <case> )

Description

Return the text between a start and end substring.

Parameters

haystack

The search to search for the substrings

firstneedle

The first substring to find

secondneedle

The second substring to find

Return Value

Success: Returns the between between the first and second substrings.

Failure: Returns empty string.

Remarks

None

Example

// String search
$str = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";
$val = Between($str, "brown", "over");
echo "'$val'\n"; // Prints fox jumps
 
// Character search
$str = "The";
$val = Between($str, "T", "e");
echo "'$val'\n"; // Prints h
 
// Case insensitive
$str = "The";
$val = Between($str, "t", "e", true);
echo "'$val'\n"; // Prints h