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<refentry xml:id="function.strpbrk" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>strpbrk</refname>
  <refpurpose>Search a string for any of a set of characters</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type class="union"><type>string</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>strpbrk</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>string</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>characters</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>strpbrk</function> searches the <parameter>string</parameter>
   string for a <parameter>characters</parameter>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>string</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The string where <parameter>characters</parameter> is looked for.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>characters</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       This parameter is case sensitive.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns a string starting from the character found, or &false; if it is
   not found.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>strpbrk</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

$text = 'This is a Simple text.';

// this echoes "is is a Simple text." because 'i' is matched first
echo strpbrk($text, 'mi');

// this echoes "Simple text." because chars are case sensitive
echo strpbrk($text, 'S');
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>strpos</function></member>
    <member><function>strstr</function></member>
    <member><function>preg_match</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>
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