How to check if a string starts with another string - PHP

Question

I want test if a String1 start by a string2 in PHP

I found this question: How to check if a string starts with a specified string

But I want do it inside an if condition - not in a function. I did it like this but I'm not sure:

if(startsWith($type_price,"repair")) {

do something

} 

Can you please correct me if it's false?

Answer 1

Using strpos function can be achieved.

if (strpos($yourString, "repair") === 0) {
    //Starts with it
}

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Using substr can work too:

if (substr($yourstring, 0, strlen($startString)) === $startString) {
    //It starts with desired string
}

For multi-byte strings, consider using functions with mb_ prefix, so mb_substr, mb_strlen, etc.