PHP strrchr() Function

The PHP strrchr() function returns a string which starts from last occurrence of the search string to the end of the given string.

Syntax

strrchr(string, search)

Parameters

Return Value

Returns a string which starts from last occurrence of the search string to the end of the given string. Returns false if search string is not found.

Example: strrchr() example

The example below shows the usage of strrchr() function.

<?php
$str = "To be, or not to be, that is the question";

//displaying a portion of $str starting from 
//last found "be" to the end of it
echo strrchr($str, "be")."\n";
?>

The output of the above code will be:

be, that is the question

Example: using with substr() function

The substr() function can be used with this function to remove the search string from the returned value. Consider the example below:

<?php
//getting the domain name 
$email  = 'john123@example.com';
$domain = substr(strrchr($email, "@"), 1);
echo $domain."\n";

$path = "var/etc/fig/example.jpg";
//getting the last directory 
$dir = substr(strrchr($path, "/"), 1);
echo $dir."\n";

//getting everything after last newline
$text = "Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3";
$last = substr(strrchr($text, "\n"), 1);
echo $last."\n";
?>

The output of the above code will be:

example.com
example.jpg
Line 3