strncmp
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
strncmp -- Binary safe string comparison of the first n characters
Description
int
strncmp ( string str1, string str2, int len )
This function is similar to strcmp(), with the
difference that you can specify the (upper limit of the) number of
characters from each string to be used in the comparison.
Note that this comparison is case sensitive.
Parameters
str1
The first string.
str2
The second string.
len
Number of characters to use in the comparison.
Return Values
Returns < 0 if str1 is less than
str2; > 0 if str1
is greater than str2, and 0 if they are
equal.
