php remove first and last character code example

Example 1: remove last letter php

<?php
echo substr('abcdef',0, -1);     // abcde
?>

Example 2: php remove first and last char

<?php

$string = "hello world";

// create a substring starting 1 character from
// the beginning and ending 1 character from the end
$trimmed = substr($string, 1, -1);

echo $trimmed; // prints "ello worl"