find first character in string explode php code example

Example 1: get last character of string php

substr("testers", -1); // returns "s"

Example 2: php get first 5 characters of string

$result = substr("Hello How are you", 0, 5); //first 5 chars "Hello"

Example 3: php last of string till /

$string = 'Hello World Again';
$string = explode(' ', $string);
array_pop($string);
$string = implode(' ', $string);