remove first character from string php code example

Example 1: remove first letter php

<?php
echo substr('abcdef', 1);     // bcdef
?>

Example 2: how to remove first element in array php

<?php
$stack = array("orange", "banana", "apple", "raspberry");
$fruit = array_shift($stack);
print_r($stack);
?>


// Array
// (
//     [0] => banana
//     [1] => apple
//     [2] => raspberry
// )

Example 3: php pop off the first character of string

$str = substr($str, 1);

Example 4: 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"

Example 5: remove first element in array php

$arr = [1,2,3,4];
array_shift($arr);
print_r($arr); // [2,3,4]