strspn

(PHP3 >= 3.0.3, PHP4 )

strspn --  Find length of initial segment matching mask

Description

int strspn (string str1, string str2)

Returns the length of the initial segment of str1 which consists entirely of characters in str2.

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  2 strspn ("42 is the answer, what is the question ...", "1234567890");
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will return 2 as result.

See also strcspn().