PHP program to reverse a string without predefined function

In this article, you will learn how to reverse a sting without predefined function. There is predefined method strrev(), which can easily used to revere a string, but we should also know the logic. Logic in programming is a fundamental key to be a decent developer. Possibly, depending on your employment place you are going to use more algorithms or not. If you are front-end developer possibly somewhat more and if you are a back-end developer substantially more, you need to deal with complex algorithms. Here, we have mentioned two ways to reverse a string.

Method1 : PHP reverse string using strlen and for loop

In the given example, first we get the length of the string and then loop through it and print the string in reverse -

<?php

// consider string
$string = 'Welcome to ETUTORIALSPOINT';
 
echo "Entered String: " . $string . "
"; 
// find string length
$str_len 	= strlen($string);

echo "Reversed String: "; 
// loop through it and print it turn around
for ( $x = $str_len - 1; $x >=0; $x-- )
{
  echo $string[$x];
}
?>

Entered String: Welcome to ETUTORIALSPOINT
Reversed String: TNIOPSLAIROTUTE ot emocleW

Method2 : PHP Revere string using while and for loop

In the given example, we have reversed the string using while and for loop -

<?php

// Consider a string
$string = 'Welcome to ETUTORIALSPOINT';
 
// Print Input String
echo "Given String: " . $string . "
";
 
// Print Reversed String
echo "Reversed String: ";
echo reverse_str($string);
 
// Function to reverse a string
function reverse_str($string)
{
    $x = 0;
    $reverse_str = "";
    while($string[$x]) {
        $x++;
    }
    for ($y = $x - 1; $y >= 0; $y--) {
        $reverse_str .= $string[$y];
    }
    return $reverse_str;
}
?>

Given String: Welcome to ETUTORIALSPOINT
Reversed String: TNIOPSLAIROTUTE ot emocleW

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