php trim string from position code example
Example 1: php get first 5 characters of string
$result = substr("Hello How are you", 0, 5);
Example 2: substr() php
<?php
echo substr('abcdef', 1);
echo substr('abcdef', 1, 3);
echo substr('abcdef', 0, 4);
echo substr('abcdef', 0, 8);
echo substr('abcdef', -1, 1);
$string = 'abcdef';
echo $string[0];
echo $string[3];
echo $string[strlen($string)-1];
?>
//substr() function returns certain bits of a string
Example 3: take last four digits php
$newstring = substr($dynamicstring, -7);
Example 4: php get part of string
substr ( $string , $start , $length );
Example 5: only display part of string php
substr('abcdef', 1);
substr('abcdef', 1, 3);
substr('abcdef', 0, 8);
substr('abcdef', -1, 1);