Slicing
You can return a range of characters by using the substr() function.
Specify the start index and the number of characters you want to return.
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Start the slice at index 6 and end the slice 5 positions later:
$x = "Hello World!";
echo substr($x, 6, 5);
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Note The first character has index 0.
Slice to the...
A string is a sequence of characters, like "Hello world!".
Strings
Strings in PHP are surrounded by either double quotation marks, or single quotation marks.
ExampleGet your own PHP Server
echo "Hello";
echo 'Hello';
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Note There is a big difference between double quotes and single quotes in PHP.
Double quotes process special characters, single quotes...
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