find first character in string php code example

Example 1: php get first character of string

$firstStringCharacter = substr("hello", 0, 1);

Example 2: take 10 character from string using php

$return_string = substr("Hi i am returning first 10 characters.", 0, 10);
Output:
"Hi i am re"

Example 3: php nth characters from end of string

$rest = substr("abcdef", -3, 1); // returns 'd'

Example 4: only display part of string php

substr('abcdef', 1);     // bcdef
substr('abcdef', 1, 3);  // bcd
substr('abcdef', 0, 8);  // abcdef
substr('abcdef', -1, 1); // f