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AllenJB 873f4a3d50 String comparison / similarity doc improvements (#4647)
* strcmp: Improve behavior description and direct users to alternative functions (strcoll and Collator::compare) where appropriate;
Add the "similarity" functions to seealso
Removed substr from seealso (why is it here?)

* Cross-link all the string similarity functions

* Trailing whitespace removal

* Update reference/strings/functions/strcmp.xml

Co-authored-by: Kamil Tekiela <tekiela246@gmail.com>

* strcmp: Improve behavior description and direct users to alternative functions (strcoll and Collator::compare) where appropriate

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Co-authored-by: Kamil Tekiela <tekiela246@gmail.com>
2025-10-03 09:47:29 -05:00

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- $Revision$ -->
<refentry xml:id="function.strcmp" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>strcmp</refname>
<refpurpose>Binary safe string comparison</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>int</type><methodname>strcmp</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>string1</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>string2</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<simpara>
Note that this comparison is case sensitive. For case-insensitive comparison,
see <function>strcasecmp</function>.
</simpara>
<simpara>
Note that this comparison is not locale aware. For locale aware comparison see
<function>strcoll</function> or <methodname>Collator::compare</methodname>
</simpara>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>string1</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The first string.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>string2</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The second string.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
&strings.comparison.return;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="changelog">
&reftitle.changelog;
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>&Version;</entry>
<entry>&Description;</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
&standard.changelog.binary-safe-string-comparison;
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><function>strcmp</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$var1 = "Hello";
$var2 = "hello";
if (strcmp($var1, $var2) !== 0) {
echo '$var1 is not equal to $var2 in a case sensitive string comparison';
}
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<simpara>Full string comparison</simpara>
<simplelist>
<member><function>strcasecmp</function></member>
<member><methodname>Collator::compare</methodname></member>
<member><function>strcoll</function></member>
</simplelist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>Partial string comparison</simpara>
<simplelist>
<member><function>substr_compare</function></member>
<member><function>strncmp</function></member>
<member><function>strstr</function></member>
</simplelist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>Similar / other string comparison</simpara>
<simplelist>
<member><function>preg_match</function></member>
<member><function>levenshtein</function></member>
<member><function>metaphone</function></member>
<member><function>similar_text</function></member>
<member><function>soundex</function></member>
</simplelist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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