php get last x characters of string code example

Example 1: get last character of string php

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

Example 2: php nth characters from end of string

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

Example 3: 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

Example 4: Get the Last Character of a String in PHP

phpCopy<?php  
$string = 'This is a string';
$lastChar = substr($string, -1);
echo "The last char of the string is $lastChar.";
?>