replace 3 characters at the beginnig

[sav571]

hello,

i have a link like $path = mms://mysite.com/video.wmv
i want to replace the 3 characters mms to http
i try it so : http$path but i dont know how i can remove this 3 characters.

regards

sav571

[Installer]

str_replace('mms:', 'http:', $path);

[NogDog]

You could also use substr_replace().