PHP String Exercises: Find the first character that is different between two strings
PHP String: Exercise-11 with Solution
Write a PHP script to find the first character that is different between two strings.
String1 : 'football'
String2 : 'footboll'
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Sample Solution:
PHP Code:
<?php
$str1 = 'football';
$str2 = 'footboll';
$str_pos = strspn($str1 ^ $str2, "\0");
printf('First difference between two strings at position %d: "%s" vs "%s"',
$str_pos, $str1[$str_pos], $str2[$str_pos]);
printf("\n");
?>
Sample Output:
First difference between two strings at position 5: "a" vs "o"
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PHP: Tips of the Day
How to Sort Multi-dimensional Array by Value?
Try a usort, If you are still on PHP 5.2 or earlier, you'll have to define a sorting function first:
Example:
function sortByOrder($a, $b) { return $a['order'] - $b['order']; } usort($myArray, 'sortByOrder');
Starting in PHP 5.3, you can use an anonymous function:
usort($myArray, function($a, $b) { return $a['order'] - $b['order']; });
And finally with PHP 7 you can use the spaceship operator:
usort($myArray, function($a, $b) { return $a['order'] <=> $b['order']; });
To extend this to multi-dimensional sorting, reference the second/third sorting elements if the first is zero - best explained below. You can also use this for sorting on sub-elements.
usort($myArray, function($a, $b) { $retval = $a['order'] <=> $b['order']; if ($retval == 0) { $retval = $a['suborder'] <=> $b['suborder']; if ($retval == 0) { $retval = $a['details']['subsuborder'] <=> $b['details']['subsuborder']; } } return $retval; });
If you need to retain key associations, use uasort() - see comparison of array sorting functions in the manual
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