The all string functions and methods support Unicode like in Java.

The JPHP has own util class for working with strings php\lib\String, for example:

WARNING

If JPHP cannot find php\lib\String class, you are using the new version of JPHP where this class has been renamed to php\lib\Str.

use php\lib\String;

$result = String::sub($string, 1);

// instead of ...

$result = substr($string, 1);

This class contains many useful methods:

• strpos -> String::pos
• stripos -> String::posIgnoreCase
• strrpos -> String::lastPos
• strripos -> String::lastPosIgnoreCase
• strcmp -> String::compare
• strcasecmp -> String::compareIgnoreCase, String::equalsIgnoreCase
• ??? -> String::startsWith
• ??? -> String::endsWith
• strtolower -> String::lower
• strtoupper -> String::upper
• strlen -> String::length
• str_replace -> String:replace // unable to work with arrays
• str_repeat -> String::repeat
• trim -> String::trim
• rtrim -> String::trimRight
• ltrim -> String::trimLeft
• strrev -> String::reverse
• str_shuffle -> String::shuffle, String::random
• explode -> String::split
• implode -> String::join
• iconv -> String::encode, String::decode
• ctype_lower -> String::isLower
• ctype_upper -> String::isUpper
• substr_count -> String::count
• sprintf -> String::format
• ucfirst -> String::upperFirst
• lcfirst -> String::lowerFirst