How to get the first X characters of a string?

[Dummkopf]

I'd like to know the function which returns the first x characters of a string as a new string. Probably I'm just to stupid to find it ... anyway I'd be thankful for an answer! 😉

[lanjoky]

try substr()

http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php

HTH

[Dummkopf]

Thx ... shamed 😉