Introduction
In this article I describe the PHP string functions quotemeta, rtrim and setlocal. To learn some other math functions, go to:
- String Functions in PHP: Part1
- String Functions in PHP:Part2
- String Functions in PHP:Part3
- String Functions in PHP:Part4
- String Functions in PHP:Part5
- String Functions in PHP:Part6
- String Functions in PHP:Part7
- String Functions in PHP:Part8
- String Functions in PHP:Part9
- String Functions in PHP:Part10
- String Functions in PHP:Part11
- String Functions in PHP:Part12
PHP quotemeta() Function
The PHP string quotemeta() function returns the string with meta characters quoted or say it adds backslashes in front of some predefined characters in a string.
Syntax
Parameter in quotemeta Function
The parameters of the quotemeta function is:
Parameter |
Description |
strings |
It specifies the string to check. |
Example
An example of the quotemeta function is:
<?php
$str = "Mcn Solution. (PVT LTD)";
echo quotemeta($str);
?>
Output
PHP rtrim() Function
The PHP rtrim function will remove whitespace or other characters from the end of the string.
Syntax
Parameter in rtrim Function
The parameters of the rtrim function are:
Parameter |
Description |
string |
It specifies the string to check. |
arg1 |
It specifies which characters to remove from the string. |
Example
An example of the rtrim function is:
<?php
$str = "MCN Solution! ";
echo "Without rtrim: " . $str;
echo "<br />";
echo "With rtrim: " . rtrim($str);
?>
Output
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PHP setlocal() Function
The PHP setlocal function is used to set local information.
Syntax
setlocal(constant, location) |
Parameter in setlocal Function
The parameters of the setlocal function are:
Parameter |
Description |
constant |
It specifies what local information should be set. |
location |
It specifies what country or region to set the locale information to. Can be a string or an array. |
Example
An example of the setlocal function is:
<?php
echo setlocale(LC_ALL,NULL);
?>
Output