How to check if a string starts with a specified string?

PHP 8 or newer:

Use the str_starts_with function:

str_starts_with('http://www.google.com', 'http')

PHP 7 or older:

Use the substr function to return a part of a string.

substr( $string_n, 0, 4 ) === "http"

If you’re trying to make sure it’s not another protocol. I’d use http:// instead, since https would also match, and other things such as http-protocol.com.

substr( $string_n, 0, 7 ) === "http://"

And in general:

substr($string, 0, strlen($query)) === $query

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