mb_substr
Get part of string
Description
string mb_substr(
string $string,
int $start,
intnull $length = null,
stringnull $encoding = null
)
Parameters
-
string
-
The string to extract the substring from.
-
start
-
If start is non-negative, the returned string
will start at the start'th position in
string, counting from zero. For instance,
in the string 'abcdef', the character at
position 0 is 'a', the
character at position 2 is
'c', and so forth.
If start is negative, the returned string
will start at the start'th character
from the end of string.
-
length
-
Maximum number of characters to use from string. If
omitted or NULL is passed, extract all characters to
the end of the string.
-
encoding
-
The encoding
parameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted or null, the internal character
encoding value will be used.
Return Values
mb_substr returns the portion of
string specified by the
start and
length parameters.
See Also
- mb_strcut
- mb_internal_encoding