str_starts_with()WP 5.9.0

Checks if the string starts with the specified substring. Case sensitive.

This is a polyfill for the new php function str_starts_with() introduced in PHP version 8.0.

See also similar functions:

1 time — 0.000001 sec (speed of light) | 50000 times — 0.001 sec (speed of light)

No Hooks.

Returns

true|false. True if the string ($haystack) starts with the substring ($needle), false otherwise.

Usage

str_starts_with( $haystack, $needle );
$haystack(string) (required)
Hay - the string we are checking.
$needle(string) (required)
Needle - the substring that should be at the beginning of another string.

Examples

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str_starts_with( 'ABC', 'A' ); // true

str_starts_with( 'ABC', 'C' ); // false

// case sensitive
str_starts_with( 'ABC', 'a' ); // false

// all lines begin with an empty string
str_starts_with( 'abc', '' ); // true

Changelog

Since 5.9.0 Introduced.

str_starts_with() code WP 6.9

function str_starts_with( $haystack, $needle ) {
	if ( '' === $needle ) {
		return true;
	}

	return 0 === strpos( $haystack, $needle );
}