php cut string 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: 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 3: take last four digits php

$newstring = substr($dynamicstring, -7);

Example 4: php get first character of string

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

Example 5: 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 6: php string nach zeichen zerlegen

<?php
// Beispiel 1
$pizza  = "Teil1 Teil2 Teil3 Teil4 Teil5 Teil6";
$teile = explode(" ", $pizza);
echo $teile[0]; // Teil1
echo $teile[1]; // Teil2

// Beispiel 2
$data = "foo:*:1023:1000::/home/foo:/bin/sh";
list($user, $pass, $uid, $gid, $gecos, $home, $shell) = explode(":", $data);
echo $user; // foo
echo $pass; // *

?>