Php get first character of string

Substr() php

<?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';
echo $string[0];                 // a
echo $string[3];                 // d
echo $string[strlen($string)-1]; // f

?>

//substr() function returns certain bits of a string

Source: php.net

Php get first 5 characters of string

$result = substr("Hello How are you", 0, 5); //first 5 chars "Hello"

Php get first character of string

$firstStringCharacter = substr("hello", 0, 1);

Get last character of string php

substr("testers", -1); // returns "s"

Source: stackoverflow.com

Take last four digits php

$newstring = substr($dynamicstring, -7);

Source: stackoverflow.com

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';

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