(PECL event >= 1.2.6-beta)
EventBuffer::search — Scans the buffer for an occurrence of a string
   Scans the buffer for an occurrence of the string
   what.
   It returns numeric position of the string, or false if the string was
   not found.
  
   If the
   start
   argument is provided, it points to the position at which the search should
   begin; otherwise, the search is performed from the start of the string. If
   end
   argument provided, the search is performed between start and end buffer
   positions.
  
what
    String to search.
start
    Start search position.
end
    End search position.
   Returns numeric position of the first occurrence of the string in the
   buffer, or false if string is not found.
  
Questa funzione può
restituire il Booleano false, ma può anche restituire un valore non-Booleano valutato
come false. Fare riferimento alla sezione Booleans per maggiori 
informazioni. Usare l'operatore ===
 per controllare il valore restituito da questa 
funzione.
Example #1 EventBuffer::search() example
<?php
// Count total occurrences of 'str' in 'buf'
function count_instances($buf, $str) {
    $total = 0;
    $p     = 0;
    $i     = 0;
    while (1) {
        $p = $buf->search($str, $p);
        if ($p === FALSE) {
            break;
        }
        ++$total;
        ++$p;
    }
    return $total;
}
$buf = new EventBuffer();
$buf->add("Some string within a string inside another string");
var_dump(count_instances($buf, "str"));
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