PHP str_ends_with() Function

The PHP str_ends_with() function is used to check if a string ends with a given substring. It performs case-sensitive check and returns true if the string ends with specified substring, else returns false.

Syntax

str_ends_with(str1, str2)

Parameters

Return Value

Returns true if str1 ends with str2, else returns false.

Example:

In the example below, str_ends_with() function is used to check whether the given string ends with specified substring or not.

<?php
$str1 = "Hello";

//checking whether $str1 ends with empty string
if(str_ends_with($str1, "")) {
  echo "Every string ends with an empty string.\n";
}

//checking whether $str1 ends with "lo"
if(str_ends_with($str1, "lo")) {
  echo "$str1 ends with 'lo'.\n";
}

?>

The output of the above code will be:

Every string ends with an empty string.
Hello ends with 'lo'.

Example:

Consider one more example which illustrates on case-sensitive check using str_ends_with() function.

<?php
$str = "Hello John";

//checking whether $str ends with "JOHN"
if(str_ends_with($str, "JOHN")) {
  echo 'The string ends with "JOHN".';
} else {
  echo 'The string does not end with "JOHN". ';
  echo "\nCase does not match."; 
}
?>

The output of the above code will be:

The string does not end with "JOHN". 
Case does not match.