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String_Begins_With

04.12.2005
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        No more letter counting... :-)
edit: see kirk's faster solution "String_Begins_With2"


function String_Begins_With($needle, $subject) {
 return (substr($subject, 0, strlen($needle))==$needle);
}
Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.
— Brian Kernigan