php get first part of string code example
Example 1: php get first character of string
$firstStringCharacter = substr("hello", 0, 1);
Example 2: only display part of string php
substr('abcdef', 1); // bcdef
substr('abcdef', 1, 3); // bcd
substr('abcdef', 0, 8); // abcdef
substr('abcdef', -1, 1); // f
Example 3: get first word from string php
function getFirstWord($string)
{
$arr = explode(' ', trim($string));
return isset($arr[0]) ? $arr[0] : $string;
}