php cut string length 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: take last four digits php
$newstring = substr($dynamicstring, -7);
Example 3: php trim string to length
<?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';