get first character of word php 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 get first character of string

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

Example 3: get first word from string php

function getFirstWord($string)
    {
        $arr = explode(' ', trim($string));
        return isset($arr[0]) ? $arr[0] : $string;
    }