PHP Functions Essential Reference

strrpos

int strrpos(string string, string character) 

Finds the last position at which a character occurs within a string.

Returns:

Integer; FALSE if the character cannot be found in the string

Description:

strrpos() returns the position of the last occurrence of character within string .

If character is not found, the function returns FALSE.

If the character parameter is not a string, it’s converted to an integer. The resulting integer is used as the ordinal value of a character.

Version:

PHP 3+, PHP 4+

See also:

Other functions that find characters within strings:

substr() 
strchr() 
stristr() 
strpos() 
strstr() 

Example:

Search for the last “a” in an aphorism

<?php $text = "It's darkest before the dawn."; echo strrpos ($text, 'a'); ?> Output: ...