CUT A VARIABLE INTO THRE PEACES

Anon

Does anybody know how to cut a variable into three parts for example like:

$variable000 = '123456789';

& now the splitted / cutted variable is

$variable001 = '1';
$variable002 = '2345678';
$variable003 = '9';

The variable000 can be even bigger or even smaller up to one number only. The variable002 can unfortunately be very... changable...

So the question is how can be this done?!!
Any idea? Thanx.

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First you need to define exaclty what the flip you want to do.
Do you always just want to get the first, center and last character?

Anon

Sorry there's a bug in my explanation.

The variable000 can be even bigger or even smaller up to tree & not smaller than that number (and not only one as I posted befor)

The variable002 can unfortunately be very... changable...
and up to one nimber

& the others two like 001 & 003 only one number.

Sorry.

Anon

Hi Vincent,

Yes, that exacly what I had in my mind.

Thanks.

e-snapper

if you are using 123456789 figuratively (not actually numbers) you could have a look at substr() in the manual.

this gives you options on specifying which portion you wish to return (from either end of the string).

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Indeed try this:
$a="123456789";
echo substr($a,0,1);
echo "\n";
echo substr($a,1,-1);
echo "\n";
echo substr($a,-1);
echo "\n";

Anon

Hi,

I would like to thank you both. (Martin & Vincent) Thant's exactly what I need. A very fast command indead.
A friend of mine has no mysql on its account so this helps him to pull out all the numbers he needs from the full number in it's own logic. But it works just fine.

Thanks again.