php extract first characters from string code example
Example 1: php get first 5 characters of string
$result = substr("Hello How are you", 0, 5); //first 5 chars "Hello"
Example 2: php string cut first x characters
$str = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
$str2 = substr($str, 4); // "quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."