php code to remove other characters starting from a string position code example
Example: php substr_replace
<?php
$var = 'ABCDEFGH:/MNRPQR/';
echo "Original: $var<hr />\n";
echo substr_replace($var, 'bob', 0) . "<br />\n";
echo substr_replace($var, 'bob', 0, strlen($var)) . "<br />\n";
echo substr_replace($var, 'bob', 0, 0) . "<br />\n";
echo substr_replace($var, 'bob', 10, -1) . "<br />\n";
echo substr_replace($var, 'bob', -7, -1) . "<br />\n";
echo substr_replace($var, '', 10, -1) . "<br />\n";
?>