how to find first character in a string in php code example

Example 1: substr() php

<?php
echo substr('abcdef', 1);     // bcdef
echo substr('abcdef', 1, 3);  // bcd
echo substr('abcdef', 0, 4);  // abcd
echo substr('abcdef', 0, 8);  // abcdef
echo substr('abcdef', -1, 1); // f

// Accessing single characters in a string
// can also be achieved using "square brackets"
$string = 'abcdef';
echo $string[0];                 // a
echo $string[3];                 // d
echo $string[strlen($string)-1]; // f

?>

//substr() function returns certain bits of a string

Example 2: php get first character of string

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

Example 3: 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 4: first name of string php

$words = explode(" ", $string);

$firstname = $words[0];
$lastname = $words[1];
$third_word = $words[2];