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[alirezaok]

hi

u know this code show until first * character

$man="this * is * a * bool ";
 echo substr($man,0,strcspn($man,'*'));  // this

but i want to show until 3'st charcter (this is * a)

anyone can help me?

[_theworks]

Im not entirly sure what your talking about can be more specific?

does this help?

<?
$man="this * is * a * bool ";
$buff = explode('*',$man);
for ($i=0;$i <= 2;$i++) {echo $buff[$i];};
?>