take only the first N characters from a variable?

[_0_05_]

alright, lets say i have the variable $var, and it is filled with a huge amount of characters. Now, i only want to take the first 10 characters. How would i go about doing that?

[Tekron-X]

if $var is a array you can use a for loop to go through the array and do what ever you want with the first 10 🙂

[diego25]

And if it's a string, use substr

Diego

[twopeak]

search for substr in your manual!

substr -- Return part of a string
Description
string substr ( string string, int start [, int length])

$rest = substr("abcdef", 0, 4); // returns "abcd"
$rest = substr("abcdef", -2);    // returns "ef"
rest = substr("abcdef", 0, -1);  // returns "abcde"

[_0_05_]

awesome, thanks guys!

[Tekron-X]

No Problem the manule works wonders you should Download it 🙂