/** * EndsWith * Tests whether a text ends with the given * string or not. * * @param string * @param string * @return bool */ function EndsWith($Haystack, $Needle){ // Recommended version, using strpos return strrpos($Haystack, $Needle) === strlen($Haystack)-strlen($Needle); } // Another way, using substr function EndsWith_Old($Haystack, $Needle){ return substr($Haystack, strlen($Needle)*-1) == $Needle; } //Example: $ExampleText = '[snippet]'; if (EndsWith($ExampleText, ']')){ print 'The string ends with -> ] <-'; } $ExampleText = 'Evil monkey'; if (!EndsWith($ExampleText, 'evil')){ print 'The text does not start with evil!'; }