//PHP8

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$string = 'The lazy fox jumped over the fence';

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if (str_ends_with($string, 'fence')) {

    echo "The string ends with 'fence'\n";

}

function stringStartsWith($haystack,$needle,$case=true) {

    if ($case){

        return strpos($haystack, $needle, 0) === 0;

    }

    return stripos($haystack, $needle, 0) === 0;

}

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function stringEndsWith($haystack,$needle,$case=true) {

    $expectedPosition = strlen($haystack) - strlen($needle);

    if ($case){

        return strrpos($haystack, $needle, 0) === $expectedPosition;

    }

    return strripos($haystack, $needle, 0) === $expectedPosition;

}

echo stringStartsWith("Hello World","Hell"); // true

echo stringEndsWith("Hello World","World"); // true

function startsWith($haystack, $needle)

{

     $length = strlen($needle);

     return (substr($haystack, 0, $length) === $needle);

}

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function endsWith($haystack, $needle)

{

    $length = strlen($needle);

    if ($length == 0) {

        return true;

    }

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    return (substr($haystack, -$length) === $needle);

}

function endsWith( $haystack, $needle ) {

    $length = strlen( $needle );

    if( !$length ) {

        return true;

    }

    return substr( $haystack, -$length ) === $needle;

}

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function startsWith( $haystack, $needle ) {

     $length = strlen( $needle );

     return substr( $haystack, 0, $length ) === $needle;

}

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