# mb_substr_count

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)

mb_substr_count — Count the number of substring occurrences

### Description

int mb_substr_count ( string `$haystack` , string `$needle` [, string `$encoding` ] )

mb_substr_count() returns the number of times the `needle` substring occurs in the `haystack` string.

`encoding` specifies the encoding for `needle` and `haystack` . If omitted, internal character encoding is used.

Example#1 mb_substr_count() example

`<?php
echo mb_substr_count("This is a test", "is"); // prints out 2
?>`

See also substr_count(), mb_strpos(), mb_substr().