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Woozle: /* Main Functions */

2026-01-06T00:02:21Z

Main Functions

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	! \|\| \|\| colspan=5 \| categories		! \|\| \|\| colspan=5 \| categories
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	! fx() name \|\| description \|\| escaping \|\| ~~return~~ format \|\| encryption \|\| formatting \|\| output		! fx() name \|\| description \|\| escaping \|\| output format \|\| encryption \|\| formatting \|\| output
	{{!-!}} <code>addcslashes()</code> \|\| Quote string with slashes in a C style \|\| Y \|\| string		{{!-!}} <code>addcslashes()</code> \|\| Quote string with slashes in a C style \|\| Y \|\| string
	{{!-!}} <code>addslashes()</code> \|\| Quote string with slashes \|\| Y \|\| string		{{!-!}} <code>addslashes()</code> \|\| Quote string with slashes \|\| Y \|\| string
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	{{!-!}} <code>number_format()</code> \|\| Format a number with grouped thousands.		{{!-!}} <code>number_format()</code> \|\| Format a number with grouped thousands.
	{{!-!}} <code>ord()</code> \|\| Convert the first byte (character) of a string to its character code (a value between 0 and 255). \|\| \|\| int		{{!-!}} <code>ord()</code> \|\| Convert the first byte (character) of a string to its character code (a value between 0 and 255). \|\| \|\| int
	{{!-!}} <code>parse_str()</code> \|\| ~~Parses~~ the string into ~~variables~~		{{!-!}} <code>parse_str()</code> \|\| Treating the string as the ?query from a URL, parses it into an array of name-value pairs \|\| \|\| array (ref)
	{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-split.php <code>preg_split()</code>] \|\| Split a string by a [[regex]]. (See also: <code>explode()</code>) \|\| \|\| array~~{{!}}~~false		{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-split.php <code>preg_split()</code>] \|\| Split a string by a [[regex]]. (See also: <code>explode()</code>) \|\| \|\| array/false
	{{!-!}} <code>print()</code> \|\| Display a string on the console.		{{!-!}} <code>print()</code> \|\| Display a string on the console.
	{{!-!}} <code>printf()</code>\|\| Output a formatted string		{{!-!}} <code>printf()</code>\|\| Output a formatted string

Woozle: /* Main Functions */

2026-01-05T21:52:44Z

Main Functions

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	{{!-!}} <code>addslashes()</code> \|\| Quote string with slashes \|\| Y \|\| string		{{!-!}} <code>addslashes()</code> \|\| Quote string with slashes \|\| Y \|\| string
	{{!-!}} ''<code>chop()</code>'' \|\| alias of <code>rtrim()</code>		{{!-!}} ''<code>chop()</code>'' \|\| alias of <code>rtrim()</code>
			{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.chunk-split.php <code>chunk_split()</code>] \|\| like <code>str_split()</code>, but returns a string with separators inserted (not an array of chunks) \|\| \|\| string
	{{!-!}} <code>count_chars()</code> \|\| Return information about characters used in a string. \|\| \|\| int		{{!-!}} <code>count_chars()</code> \|\| Return information about characters used in a string. \|\| \|\| int
	{{!-!}} <code>crc32()</code> \|\| Calculate the crc32 polynomial of a string. \|\| \|\| int \|\| Y		{{!-!}} <code>crc32()</code> \|\| Calculate the crc32 polynomial of a string. \|\| \|\| int \|\| Y
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	{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.escapeshellarg.php <code>escapeshellarg()</code>] \|\| Escape a string to be used as a shell argument \|\| Y.		{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.escapeshellarg.php <code>escapeshellarg()</code>] \|\| Escape a string to be used as a shell argument \|\| Y.
	{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.escapeshellcmd.php <code>escapeshellcmd()</code>] \|\| Escape any execution-invoking characters. \|\| Y		{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.escapeshellcmd.php <code>escapeshellcmd()</code>] \|\| Escape any execution-invoking characters. \|\| Y
			{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php <code>explode()</code>] \|\| Split a string by a string. (See also: <code>preg_split()</code>) \|\| \|\| array
	{{!-!}} <code>fprintf()</code> \|\| Write a formatted string to a stream. \|\| \|\| \|\| Y \|\| \|\| stream		{{!-!}} <code>fprintf()</code> \|\| Write a formatted string to a stream. \|\| \|\| \|\| Y \|\| \|\| stream
	{{!-!}} <code>localeconv()</code> \|\| Get numeric formatting information.		{{!-!}} <code>localeconv()</code> \|\| Get numeric formatting information.
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	{{!-!}} <code>ord()</code> \|\| Convert the first byte (character) of a string to its character code (a value between 0 and 255). \|\| \|\| int		{{!-!}} <code>ord()</code> \|\| Convert the first byte (character) of a string to its character code (a value between 0 and 255). \|\| \|\| int
	{{!-!}} <code>parse_str()</code> \|\| Parses the string into variables		{{!-!}} <code>parse_str()</code> \|\| Parses the string into variables
			{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-split.php <code>preg_split()</code>] \|\| Split a string by a [[regex]]. (See also: <code>explode()</code>) \|\| \|\| array{{!}}false
	{{!-!}} <code>print()</code> \|\| Display a string on the console.		{{!-!}} <code>print()</code> \|\| Display a string on the console.
	{{!-!}} <code>printf()</code>\|\| Output a formatted string		{{!-!}} <code>printf()</code>\|\| Output a formatted string
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	{{!-!}} <code>str_rot13()</code> \|\| Perform the rot13 transform on a string.		{{!-!}} <code>str_rot13()</code> \|\| Perform the rot13 transform on a string.
	{{!-!}} <code>str_shuffle()</code> \|\| Randomly shuffle a string.		{{!-!}} <code>str_shuffle()</code> \|\| Randomly shuffle a string.
	{{!-!}} <code>str_split()</code> \|\| Convert a string to an array.		{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-split.php <code>str_split()</code>] \|\| Convert a string to an array of (mostly-)equal-sized chunks. \|\| \|\| array
	{{!-!}} <code>str_starts_with()</code> \|\| Checks if a string starts with a given substring		{{!-!}} <code>str_starts_with()</code> \|\| Checks if a string starts with a given substring
	{{!-!}} <code>str_word_count()</code> \|\| Return information about words used in a string.		{{!-!}} <code>str_word_count()</code> \|\| Return information about words used in a string.
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	{{!-!}} <code>wordwrap()</code> \|\| Wrap a string to a given number of characters.		{{!-!}} <code>wordwrap()</code> \|\| Wrap a string to a given number of characters.
	\|}		\|}

	==Splitting/Joining==		==Splitting/Joining==
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Woozle: tidying; added a couple of entries

2026-01-05T19:11:05Z

tidying; added a couple of entries

Woozle at 18:54, 5 January 2026

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Woozle at 13:19, 23 August 2023

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 ==Single Character==
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-! fx() name || description
+! fx() name || description || category
 |-
-| [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.chr.php chr()] || Generate a single-byte string from a number
+| [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.chr.php chr()] || Generate a single-byte string from a number || conversion
 |-
-| [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.lcfirst lcfirst()] || Make a string's first character lowercase
+| [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.lcfirst lcfirst()] || Make a string's first character lowercase || conversion
 |}

Woozle: /* Single Character */

2023-08-23T13:10:29Z

Single Character

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	! fx() name \|\| description		! fx() name \|\| description
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	\| chr \|\| Generate a single-byte string from a number		\| [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.chr.php chr()] \|\| Generate a single-byte string from a number
	\|-		\|-
	\| lcfirst \|\| Make a string's first character lowercase		\| [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.lcfirst lcfirst()] \|\| Make a string's first character lowercase
	\|}		\|}

	==Fuzzy==		==Fuzzy==
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Woozle at 21:31, 20 August 2023

2023-08-20T21:31:00Z

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	The official PHP docs don't really organize the [https://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.strings.php string-functions] listing very well.		The official PHP docs don't really organize the [https://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.strings.php string-functions] listing very well.
			==Main Functions==
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Woozle at 02:28, 23 June 2023

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	The official PHP docs don't really organize the string-functions ~~listings~~ very well.		The official PHP docs don't really organize the [https://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.strings.php string-functions] listing very well.

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Woozle: come back to this later

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come back to this later

New page

The official PHP docs don't really organize the string-functions listings very well.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! || || colspan=5 | categories
|-
! fx() name || description || escaping || int output || encryption || formatting || output
|-
| addcslashes || Quote string with slashes in a C style || Y
|-
| addslashes || Quote string with slashes || Y
|-
| ''chop'' || Alias of rtrim
|-
| count_chars || Return information about characters used in a string || || Y
|-
| crc32 || Calculates the crc32 polynomial of a string || || Y || Y
|-
| crypt || One-way string hashing || || || Y
|-
| fprintf || Write a formatted string to a stream || || || Y || stream
|-
| localeconv — Get numeric formatting information
|-
| ltrim — Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning of a string
|-
| md5_file — Calculates the md5 hash of a given file
|-
| md5 — Calculate the md5 hash of a string
|-
| money_format — Formats a number as a currency string
|-
| nl2br — Inserts HTML line breaks before all newlines in a string
|-
| number_format — Format a number with grouped thousands
|-
| ord — Convert the first byte of a string to a value between 0 and 255
|-
| parse_str — Parses the string into variables
|-
| print — Output a string
|-
| printf — Output a formatted string
|-
| quoted_printable_decode — Convert a quoted-printable string to an 8 bit string
|-
| quoted_printable_encode — Convert a 8 bit string to a quoted-printable string
|-
| quotemeta — Quote meta characters
|-
| rtrim — Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the end of a string
|-
| setlocale — Set locale information
|-
| sha1_file — Calculate the sha1 hash of a file
|-
| sha1 — Calculate the sha1 hash of a string
|-
| similar_text — Calculate the similarity between two strings
|-
| soundex — Calculate the soundex key of a string
|-
| sprintf — Return a formatted string
|-
| sscanf — Parses input from a string according to a format
|-
| str_contains — Determine if a string contains a given substring
|-
| str_ends_with — Checks if a string ends with a given substring
|-
| str_getcsv — Parse a CSV string into an array
|-
| str_ireplace — Case-insensitive version of str_replace
|-
| str_pad — Pad a string to a certain length with another string
|-
| str_repeat — Repeat a string
|-
| str_replace — Replace all occurrences of the search string with the replacement string
|-
| str_rot13 — Perform the rot13 transform on a string
|-
| str_shuffle — Randomly shuffles a string
|-
| str_split — Convert a string to an array
|-
| str_starts_with — Checks if a string starts with a given substring
|-
| str_word_count — Return information about words used in a string
|-
| strcasecmp — Binary safe case-insensitive string comparison
|-
| ''strchr'' — Alias of strstr
|-
| strcmp — Binary safe string comparison
|-
| strcoll — Locale based string comparison
|-
| strcspn — Find length of initial segment not matching mask
|-
| strip_tags — Strip HTML and PHP tags from a string
|-
| stripcslashes — Un-quote string quoted with addcslashes
|-
| stripos — Find the position of the first occurrence of a case-insensitive substring in a string
|-
| stripslashes — Un-quotes a quoted string
|-
| stristr — Case-insensitive strstr
|-
| strlen — Get string length
|-
| strnatcasecmp — Case insensitive string comparisons using a "natural order" algorithm
|-
| strnatcmp — String comparisons using a "natural order" algorithm
|-
| strncasecmp — Binary safe case-insensitive string comparison of the first n characters
|-
| strncmp || Binary safe string comparison of the first n characters
|-
| strpbrk || Search a string for any of a set of characters
|-
| strpos || Find the position of the first occurrence of a substring in a string
|-
| strrchr || Find the last occurrence of a character in a string
|-
| strrev || Reverse a string
|-
| strripos || Find the position of the last occurrence of a case-insensitive substring in a string
|-
| strrpos || Find the position of the last occurrence of a substring in a string
|-
| strspn || Finds the length of the initial segment of a string consisting entirely of characters contained within a given mask
|-
| strstr || Find the first occurrence of a string
|-
| strtok || Tokenize string
|-
| strtolower || Make a string lowercase
|-
| strtoupper || Make a string uppercase
|-
| strtr || Translate characters or replace substrings
|-
| substr_compare || Binary safe comparison of two strings from an offset, up to length characters
|-
| substr_count || Count the number of substring occurrences
|-
| substr_replace || Replace text within a portion of a string
|-
| substr || Return part of a string
|-
| trim || Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning and end of a string
|-
| ucfirst || Make a string's first character uppercase
|-
| ucwords || Uppercase the first character of each word in a string
|-
| utf8_decode || Converts a string from UTF-8 to ISO-8859-1, replacing invalid or unrepresentable characters
|-
| utf8_encode || Converts a string from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8
|-
| vfprintf || Write a formatted string to a stream
|-
| vprintf || Output a formatted string
|-
| vsprintf || Return a formatted string
|-
| wordwrap || Wraps a string to a given number of characters
|}
==Splitting/Joining==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! fx() name || description
|-
| chunk_split || Split a string into smaller chunks
|-
| explode || Split a string by a string
|-
| implode || Join array elements with a string
|-
| ''join'' || Alias of implode
|}
==Single Character==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! fx() name || description
|-
| chr || Generate a single-byte string from a number
|-
| lcfirst || Make a string's first character lowercase
|}
==Fuzzy==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! fx() name || description
|-
| levenshtein || Calculate Levenshtein distance between two strings
|-
| metaphone || Calculate the metaphone key of a string
|}
==Conversion==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! fx() name || description || conversion format
|-
| bin2hex || Convert binary data into hexadecimal representation || hexadecimal
|-
| convert_cyr_string || Convert from one Cyrillic character set to another || Cyrillic
|-
| convert_uudecode || Decode a uuencoded string || {{l/wp|uuencoding}}
|-
| convert_uuencode || Uuencode a string || {{l/wp|uuencoding}}
|-
| get_html_translation_table || Returns the translation table used by htmlspecialchars and htmlentities || [[HTML]]
|-
| hebrev || Convert logical Hebrew text to visual text || Hebrew
|-
| hebrevc || Convert logical Hebrew text to visual text with newline conversion || Hebrew
|-
| hex2bin || Decodes a hexadecimally encoded binary string || hexadecimal
|-
| html_entity_decode || Convert HTML entities to their corresponding characters || [[HTML]]
|-
| htmlentities || Convert all applicable characters to HTML entities || [[HTML]]
|-
| htmlspecialchars_decode || Convert special HTML entities back to characters || [[HTML]]
|-
| htmlspecialchars || Convert special characters to HTML entities || [[HTML]]
|-
| nl_langinfo — Query language and locale information || locale
|}

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	! \|\| \|\| colspan=5 \| categories		! \|\| \|\| colspan=5 \| categories
	\|-		\|-
	! fx() name \|\| description \|\| escaping \|\| ~~return~~ format \|\| encryption \|\| formatting \|\| output		! fx() name \|\| description \|\| escaping \|\| output format \|\| encryption \|\| formatting \|\| output
	{{!-!}} <code>addcslashes()</code> \|\| Quote string with slashes in a C style \|\| Y \|\| string		{{!-!}} <code>addcslashes()</code> \|\| Quote string with slashes in a C style \|\| Y \|\| string
	{{!-!}} <code>addslashes()</code> \|\| Quote string with slashes \|\| Y \|\| string		{{!-!}} <code>addslashes()</code> \|\| Quote string with slashes \|\| Y \|\| string
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	{{!-!}} <code>number_format()</code> \|\| Format a number with grouped thousands.		{{!-!}} <code>number_format()</code> \|\| Format a number with grouped thousands.
	{{!-!}} <code>ord()</code> \|\| Convert the first byte (character) of a string to its character code (a value between 0 and 255). \|\| \|\| int		{{!-!}} <code>ord()</code> \|\| Convert the first byte (character) of a string to its character code (a value between 0 and 255). \|\| \|\| int
	{{!-!}} <code>parse_str()</code> \|\| ~~Parses~~ the string into ~~variables~~		{{!-!}} <code>parse_str()</code> \|\| Treating the string as the ?query from a URL, parses it into an array of name-value pairs \|\| \|\| array (ref)
	{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-split.php <code>preg_split()</code>] \|\| Split a string by a [[regex]]. (See also: <code>explode()</code>) \|\| \|\| array~~{{!}}~~false		{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-split.php <code>preg_split()</code>] \|\| Split a string by a [[regex]]. (See also: <code>explode()</code>) \|\| \|\| array/false
	{{!-!}} <code>print()</code> \|\| Display a string on the console.		{{!-!}} <code>print()</code> \|\| Display a string on the console.
	{{!-!}} <code>printf()</code>\|\| Output a formatted string		{{!-!}} <code>printf()</code>\|\| Output a formatted string

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	{{!-!}} <code>addslashes()</code> \|\| Quote string with slashes \|\| Y \|\| string		{{!-!}} <code>addslashes()</code> \|\| Quote string with slashes \|\| Y \|\| string
	{{!-!}} ''<code>chop()</code>'' \|\| alias of <code>rtrim()</code>		{{!-!}} ''<code>chop()</code>'' \|\| alias of <code>rtrim()</code>
			{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.chunk-split.php <code>chunk_split()</code>] \|\| like <code>str_split()</code>, but returns a string with separators inserted (not an array of chunks) \|\| \|\| string
	{{!-!}} <code>count_chars()</code> \|\| Return information about characters used in a string. \|\| \|\| int		{{!-!}} <code>count_chars()</code> \|\| Return information about characters used in a string. \|\| \|\| int
	{{!-!}} <code>crc32()</code> \|\| Calculate the crc32 polynomial of a string. \|\| \|\| int \|\| Y		{{!-!}} <code>crc32()</code> \|\| Calculate the crc32 polynomial of a string. \|\| \|\| int \|\| Y
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	{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.escapeshellarg.php <code>escapeshellarg()</code>] \|\| Escape a string to be used as a shell argument \|\| Y.		{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.escapeshellarg.php <code>escapeshellarg()</code>] \|\| Escape a string to be used as a shell argument \|\| Y.
	{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.escapeshellcmd.php <code>escapeshellcmd()</code>] \|\| Escape any execution-invoking characters. \|\| Y		{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.escapeshellcmd.php <code>escapeshellcmd()</code>] \|\| Escape any execution-invoking characters. \|\| Y
			{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php <code>explode()</code>] \|\| Split a string by a string. (See also: <code>preg_split()</code>) \|\| \|\| array
	{{!-!}} <code>fprintf()</code> \|\| Write a formatted string to a stream. \|\| \|\| \|\| Y \|\| \|\| stream		{{!-!}} <code>fprintf()</code> \|\| Write a formatted string to a stream. \|\| \|\| \|\| Y \|\| \|\| stream
	{{!-!}} <code>localeconv()</code> \|\| Get numeric formatting information.		{{!-!}} <code>localeconv()</code> \|\| Get numeric formatting information.
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	{{!-!}} <code>ord()</code> \|\| Convert the first byte (character) of a string to its character code (a value between 0 and 255). \|\| \|\| int		{{!-!}} <code>ord()</code> \|\| Convert the first byte (character) of a string to its character code (a value between 0 and 255). \|\| \|\| int
	{{!-!}} <code>parse_str()</code> \|\| Parses the string into variables		{{!-!}} <code>parse_str()</code> \|\| Parses the string into variables
			{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-split.php <code>preg_split()</code>] \|\| Split a string by a [[regex]]. (See also: <code>explode()</code>) \|\| \|\| array{{!}}false
	{{!-!}} <code>print()</code> \|\| Display a string on the console.		{{!-!}} <code>print()</code> \|\| Display a string on the console.
	{{!-!}} <code>printf()</code>\|\| Output a formatted string		{{!-!}} <code>printf()</code>\|\| Output a formatted string
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	{{!-!}} <code>str_rot13()</code> \|\| Perform the rot13 transform on a string.		{{!-!}} <code>str_rot13()</code> \|\| Perform the rot13 transform on a string.
	{{!-!}} <code>str_shuffle()</code> \|\| Randomly shuffle a string.		{{!-!}} <code>str_shuffle()</code> \|\| Randomly shuffle a string.
	{{!-!}} <code>str_split()</code> \|\| Convert a string to an array.		{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-split.php <code>str_split()</code>] \|\| Convert a string to an array of (mostly-)equal-sized chunks. \|\| \|\| array
	{{!-!}} <code>str_starts_with()</code> \|\| Checks if a string starts with a given substring		{{!-!}} <code>str_starts_with()</code> \|\| Checks if a string starts with a given substring
	{{!-!}} <code>str_word_count()</code> \|\| Return information about words used in a string.		{{!-!}} <code>str_word_count()</code> \|\| Return information about words used in a string.
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	{{!-!}} <code>wordwrap()</code> \|\| Wrap a string to a given number of characters.		{{!-!}} <code>wordwrap()</code> \|\| Wrap a string to a given number of characters.
	\|}		\|}

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	{{!-!}} <code>addcslashes()</code> \|\| Quote string with slashes in a C style \|\| Y \|\| string		{{!-!}} <code>addcslashes()</code> \|\| Quote string with slashes in a C style \|\| Y \|\| string
	{{!-!}} <code>addslashes()</code> \|\| Quote string with slashes \|\| Y \|\| string		{{!-!}} <code>addslashes()</code> \|\| Quote string with slashes \|\| Y \|\| string
	{{!-!}} ''<code>chop()</code>'' \|\| ~~Alias~~ of rtrim		{{!-!}} ''<code>chop()</code>'' \|\| alias of <code>rtrim()</code>
	{{!-!}} <code>count_chars()</code> \|\| Return information about characters used in a string \|\| \|\| int		{{!-!}} <code>count_chars()</code> \|\| Return information about characters used in a string. \|\| \|\| int
	{{!-!}} <code>crc32()</code> \|\| ~~Calculates~~ the crc32 polynomial of a string \|\| \|\| int \|\| Y		{{!-!}} <code>crc32()</code> \|\| Calculate the crc32 polynomial of a string. \|\| \|\| int \|\| Y
	{{!-!}} <code>crypt()</code> \|\| one-way string hashing \|\| \|\| \|\| Y		{{!-!}} <code>crypt()</code> \|\| one-way string hashing \|\| \|\| \|\| Y
	{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.escapeshellarg.php <code>escapeshellarg()</code>] \|\| Escape a string to be used as a shell argument \|\| Y.		{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.escapeshellarg.php <code>escapeshellarg()</code>] \|\| Escape a string to be used as a shell argument \|\| Y.
	{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.escapeshellcmd.php <code>escapeshellcmd()</code>] \|\| Escape any execution-invoking characters. \|\| Y		{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.escapeshellcmd.php <code>escapeshellcmd()</code>] \|\| Escape any execution-invoking characters. \|\| Y
	{{!-!}} <code>fprintf()</code> \|\| Write a formatted string to a stream \|\| \|\| \|\| Y \|\| \|\| stream		{{!-!}} <code>fprintf()</code> \|\| Write a formatted string to a stream. \|\| \|\| \|\| Y \|\| \|\| stream
	{{!-!}} <code>localeconv()</code> \|\| Get numeric formatting information		{{!-!}} <code>localeconv()</code> \|\| Get numeric formatting information.
	{{!-!}} <code>ltrim()</code> \|\| Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning of a string		{{!-!}} <code>ltrim()</code> \|\| Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning of a string.
	{{!-!}} <code>md5_file()</code> \|\| ~~Calculates~~ the md5 hash of a given file		{{!-!}} <code>md5_file()</code> \|\| Calculate the md5 hash of a given file.
	{{!-!}} <code>md5()</code> \|\| Calculate the md5 hash of a string		{{!-!}} <code>md5()</code> \|\| Calculate the md5 hash of a string.
	{{!-!}} <code>money_format()</code> \|\| ~~Formats~~ a number as a currency string		{{!-!}} <code>money_format()</code> \|\| Format a number as a currency string.
	{{!-!}} <code>nl2br()</code> \|\| ~~Inserts~~ HTML line breaks before all newlines in a string		{{!-!}} <code>nl2br()</code> \|\| Insert HTML line breaks before all newlines in a string.
	{{!-!}} <code>number_format()</code> \|\| Format a number with grouped thousands		{{!-!}} <code>number_format()</code> \|\| Format a number with grouped thousands.
	{{!-!}} <code>ord()</code> \|\| Convert the first byte of a string to a value between 0 and 255		{{!-!}} <code>ord()</code> \|\| Convert the first byte (character) of a string to its character code (a value between 0 and 255). \|\| \|\| int
	{{!-!}} <code>parse_str()</code> \|\| Parses the string into variables		{{!-!}} <code>parse_str()</code> \|\| Parses the string into variables
	{{!-!}} <code>print()</code> \|\| ~~Output~~ a string		{{!-!}} <code>print()</code> \|\| Display a string on the console.
	{{!-!}} <code>printf()</code>\|\| Output a formatted string		{{!-!}} <code>printf()</code>\|\| Output a formatted string
	{{!-!}} <code>quoted_printable_decode()</code> \|\| Convert a quoted-printable string to an 8 bit string		{{!-!}} <code>quoted_printable_decode()</code> \|\| Convert a quoted-printable string to an 8 bit string.
	{{!-!}} <code>quoted_printable_encode()</code> \|\| Convert a 8 bit string to a quoted-printable string		{{!-!}} <code>quoted_printable_encode()</code> \|\| Convert an 8-bit string to a quoted-printable string.
	{{!-!}} <code>quotemeta()</code> \|\| Quote meta characters		{{!-!}} <code>quotemeta()</code> \|\| Quote meta characters.
	{{!-!}} <code>rtrim()</code> \|\| Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the end of a string		{{!-!}} <code>rtrim()</code> \|\| Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the end of a string.
	{{!-!}} <code>setlocale()</code> \|\| Set locale information		{{!-!}} <code>setlocale()</code> \|\| Set locale information.
	{{!-!}} <code>sha1_file()</code> \|\| Calculate the ~~sha1~~ hash of a file		{{!-!}} <code>sha1_file()</code> \|\| Calculate the {{l/wp\|SHA-1}} hash of a file.
	{{!-!}} <code>sha1()</code> \|\| Calculate the ~~sha1~~ hash of a string		{{!-!}} <code>sha1()</code> \|\| Calculate the {{l/wp\|SHA-1}} hash of a string.
	{{!-!}} <code>similar_text()</code> \|\| Calculate the similarity between two strings		{{!-!}} <code>similar_text()</code> \|\| Calculate the similarity between two strings
	{{!-!}} <code>soundex()</code> \|\| Calculate the soundex key of a string		{{!-!}} <code>soundex()</code> \|\| Calculate the {{l/wp\|soundex}} key of a string
	{{!-!}} <code>sprintf()</code> \|\| Return a formatted string		{{!-!}} <code>sprintf()</code> \|\| Return a formatted string
	{{!-!}} <code>sscanf()</code> \|\| Parses input from a string according to a format		{{!-!}} <code>sscanf()</code> \|\| Parses input from a string according to a format
	{{!-!}} <code>str_contains()</code> \|\| Determine if a string contains a given substring		{{!-!}} <code>str_contains()</code> \|\| Determine if a string contains a given substring
	{{!-!}} <code>str_ends_with()</code> \|\| Checks if a string ends with a given substring		{{!-!}} <code>str_ends_with()</code> \|\| Checks if a string ends with a given substring
	{{!-!}} <code>str_getcsv()</code> \|\| Parse a CSV string into an array		{{!-!}} [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-getcsv.php <code>str_getcsv()</code>] \|\| Parse a CSV string into an array (signifier-characters are settable). \|\| Y \|\| array
	{{!-!}} <code>str_ireplace()</code> \|\| ~~Case~~-insensitive version of str_replace		{{!-!}} <code>str_ireplace()</code> \|\| case-insensitive version of <code>str_replace()</code>
	{{!-!}} <code>str_pad()</code> \|\| Pad a string to a certain length with another string		{{!-!}} <code>str_pad()</code> \|\| Pad a string to a certain length with another string
	{{!-!}} <code>str_repeat()</code> \|\| Repeat a string		{{!-!}} <code>str_repeat()</code> \|\| Repeat a string
	{{!-!}} <code>str_replace()</code> \|\| Replace all occurrences of the search string with the replacement string.		{{!-!}} <code>str_replace()</code> \|\| Replace all occurrences of the search string with the replacement string (case-insensitive version: <code>str_ireplace()</code>).
	{{!-!}} <code>str_rot13()</code> \|\| Perform the rot13 transform on a string.		{{!-!}} <code>str_rot13()</code> \|\| Perform the rot13 transform on a string.
	{{!-!}} <code>str_shuffle()</code> \|\| Randomly shuffle a string.		{{!-!}} <code>str_shuffle()</code> \|\| Randomly shuffle a string.