PHP strcoll() Function

PHP strcoll() Function

The strcoll() function in PHP compares two strings. This function is case-sensitive but not binary-safe. It uses the current locale for doing the comparisons.

Syntax

strcoll ( string $str1 , string $str2 )

Parameter

str1(required)- This parameter represents the first string.

str2(required)- This parameter represents the second string.

Return

This function returns a value less than( < 0) if str1 is less than str2.

It returns a value greater than( > 0) if the parameter str1 is greater than str2.

It returns a value 0 if both the parameters str1 and str2 are equal.

Example 1

Output

LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=C;LC_COLLATE=C;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=C;LC_PAPER=C;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=C;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
 32
 -32
 -8 

Example 2

Output

32
 -32
 -8 

Example 3

Output

0
0