mb_substr
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)
mb_substr — Get part of string
Description
string mb_substr
( string $str
, int $start
[, int $length
[, string $encoding
]] )
Performs a multi-byte safe substr() operation based on number of characters. Position is counted from the beginning of str. First character's position is 0. Second character position is 1, and so on.
Parameters
- str
-
The string to extract the substring from.
- start
-
Position of first character to use from str.
- length
-
Maximum number of characters to use from str.
- encoding
-
The encoding parameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted, the internal character encoding value will be used.
Return Values
mb_substr() returns the portion of str specified by the start and length parameters.
See Also
- mb_strcut() - Get part of string
- mb_internal_encoding() - Set/Get internal character encoding