PHP function Exercises: Checks whether a passed string is a palindrome or not

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Write a PHP function that checks whether a passed string is a palindrome or not?

A palindrome is word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward, e.g., madam or nurses run.

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PHP Code:

<?php
// Define a function to check if a string is a palindrome
function check_palindrome($string) 
{
    // Check if the reversed string is equal to the original string
    if ($string == strrev($string))
        return 1; // Return 1 if it is a palindrome
    else
        return 0; // Return 0 if it is not a palindrome
}
// Test the function with the string 'madam' and display the result
echo check_palindrome('madam')."\n"; // Output: 1 (true) since 'madam' is a palindrome
?>

Output:

1

Explanation:

In the exercise above,

• The function "check_palindrome()" takes a string '$string' as input.
• Inside the function, it uses the "strrev()" function to reverse the input string.
• It then compares the reversed string with the original string using the equality operator (==).
• If the reversed string is equal to the original string, it returns 1, indicating that the string is a palindrome.
• If the reversed string is not equal to the original string, it returns 0, indicating that the string is not a palindrome.

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