startsWith does the opposite of ends_with, and has the same rules of use. Instead of checking if a given $haystack ends with any of the supplied $needles, startsWith checks if a given $haystack starts with any of the $needles.

#Signature

The signature of the startsWith method is:

1public static function startsWith(
2        $haystack,
3        $needles
4    );

#Example Use

 1use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 2 
 3// true
 4Str::startsWith('A simple sentence.', 'A');
 5 
 6// false
 7Str::startsWith('No punctuation here', '.');
 8 
 9// false
10Str::startsWith('Case matters', 'c');
11 
12// true
13Str::startsWith('CASE STILL MATTERS', 'C');

#Global starts_with Helper Function

The starts_with function is a shortcut to calling Str::startsWith. This function is declared in the global namespace.

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