Function to cut string left or right

[Anon]

I want to cut strings and I am searching for functions similar to the ones in visual basic left(x) and right(x)
who return the x left char and the xright char of a string

[Anon]

From one of PHPBuilder's articles (http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/peter20000629.php3)

Function left($leftstring, $leftlength) {
return(substr($leftstring, 0, $leftlength));
}

function right($rightstring, $rightlength) {
return(substr($rightstring, -$rightlength));
}

[Anon]

thank you ;o) was exactly what I was searching ;o)