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Asked: May 30, 20262026-05-30T19:38:47+00:00 2026-05-30T19:38:47+00:00

For doing insensitive case search in strings which function is faster preg_match() or stripos()?

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For doing insensitive case search in strings which function is faster preg_match() or stripos()?

<?php 

$string = "This is test string";    
$result = preg_match('/test/i', $string);

OR

$result = stripos($string, 'test') !== false;  
?>
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    2026-05-30T19:38:48+00:00Added an answer on May 30, 2026 at 7:38 pm

    It’s been my experience that stripos is much faster.

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