mb_substr()

mb_substr - Get part of string

Syntax

string mb_substr (string $str, int $start, int $length, string $encoding)

Arguments

• str - The string being checked.
• start - The first position used in str.
• length - The maximum length of the returned string.
• encoding - The encoding parameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted, the internal character encoding value will be used.

Description

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.

Version

PHP 4.0.6, 5

Return value

mb_substr() returns the portion of str specified by the start and length parameters.