mb substr count() alternative

[cantona]

Hi

I'm writing an autocomplete script and am using mb_substr_count() to count the number of substring occurrences to bring back keyword matches.

But I am only interested in having the wildcard on the right. mb_substr_count() brings back a match even if the needle is in the middle of the haystack.

Are there any other funcs I can use to specify the side of the wildcard, or would i have to use a regular expression?

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I'm using UTF-8 data so need the multi-byte funcs.

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[whoisgregg]

Hi cantona,

mb_strpos [php.net] should do the trick. :)

[cantona]

Thanks!