php trim string length code example

Example 1: how to check php string length

<?php
$name = 'abcdef';
echo strlen($str); // 6

$string = ' ab cd ';
echo strlen($str); // 7
?>

Example 2: take 10 character from string using php

$return_string = substr("Hi i am returning first 10 characters.", 0, 10);
Output:
"Hi i am re"

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';

Example 4: 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